Lot Essay
For another impression see Helen C. Gunsaulus, The Clarence Buckingham collection of Japanese prints, The Primitives, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1955, No. 104, p. 166
MORNING SESSION
PRINTS
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
OKUMURA MASANOBU (1686-1764), kakemono-e, 55.7 x 24.2cm., sumizuri-e hand-applied with urushi and washes of ink, a full length portrait of Shoki standing with his sword in his right hand, signed Hogetsudo Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu zu and sealed Tanchosai, good impression, toned, crease lines, lightly backed, trimmed, a collector's seal on the reverse
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OKUMURA MASANOBU (1686-1764), kakemono-e, 55.7 x 24.2cm., sumizuri-e hand-applied with urushi and washes of ink, a full length portrait of Shoki standing with his sword in his right hand, signed Hogetsudo Okumura Bunkaku Masanobu zu and sealed Tanchosai, good impression, toned, crease lines, lightly backed, trimmed, a collector's seal on the reverse