Okumura Masanobu 菱川師宣

Scene from the jōruri play Momochidori musume Dōjōji at Nakamura-za theater, Edo Period

Maker

Title

Scene from the jōruri play Momochidori musume Dōjōji at Nakamura-za theater

Year

Edo Period

Medium

color, ink

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban: 29.5 x 41.8 cm (11 5/8 x 16 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription Text/Poem: On the right pillar on stage: 礫末広曽我四番続

Translation: The Soga Tale, Spreading Like Pebbles (a play in four acts)

Signature: Signed in double-gourd reserve, lower left | Okumura

Seals: Publisher's name | Okumuraya genroku han

Inscription Text/Poem: On the left pillar on stage: 百千鳥娘道成寺
Translation: The Dōjōji play with a hundred plover-maidens

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1056

Scene from the jōruri play Momochidori musume Dōjōji at Nakamura-za theater
Shibai kyogen ukie kongen

Inscription Text/Poem: On the right pillar on stage: 礫末広曽我四番続

Translation: The Soga Tale, Spreading Like Pebbles (a play in four acts)

Signature: Signed in double-gourd reserve, lower left | Okumura

Seals: Publisher's name | Okumuraya genroku han

Inscription Text/Poem: On the left pillar on stage: 百千鳥娘道成寺
Translation: The Dōjōji play with a hundred plover-maidens

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Exhibition History

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