Item Info

Media Type: Woodcuts
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

"Masanobu was a painter, print artist, and illustrator, as well as a pioneering book publisher and author. He was a leading figure in the early period of woodblock printing and established his own school.  Born in 1686, he studied poetry under Tachiba Fukaku (1662-1753) but was largely self-taught as a painter, showing influences by Hishikawa Moronobu (died 1694) and Kiyonobu. Masanobu is seen as the originator of the 'pillar prints' (hashira-e) and also of prints that make use of a European perspective (uki-e). Furthermore, he is one of the first who published benizuri-e (two-color printing)."

from: "Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks 1680-1900", Andreas Marks. Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo, 2010. p.32

https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2030739

Notes:

7 gods gather below a crane. FIne colors.

Bibliography:

https://www.artic.edu/artists/61758/okumura-masanobu

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55751

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG3663

https://catalog.freelibrary.org/Record/2030739

Creation Year: ca. 1770
Image Dimensions Width: 64.5 cm
Creator Name: Masunobu, Tanaka - Artist