Kabuki Play Kusazuribiki from the Tales of Soga (Soga monogatari)

Creator Name

Okumura Masanobu

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

Creation: 18th century

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

About the Work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Hanging scroll

Work details

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Title

Kabuki Play Kusazuribiki from the Tales of Soga (Soga monogatari)

Creator

Okumura Masanobu (link to bio), Painter

Okumura Masanobu;
Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686–1764, Artist

Worktype

Hanging scroll; Kakemono

Paintings

Cultural Context

Japanese

Japan

Material

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Dimensions

Image: 12 5/16 × 19 5/8 in. (31.3 × 49.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 49 1/8 × 25 1/8 in. (124.8 × 63.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 49 1/8 × 27 5/16 in. (124.8 × 69.3 cm);
height: 31.3centimetre;
width: 49.9centimetre;
height: 124.8centimetre;
width: 69.3centimetre;
width: 63.8centimetre

Technique

Language

Japanese

Date

Creation: 18th century

18th century

Provenance

Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015

Style Period

Ukiyo-e

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Signature: Signature: Painted by Hogetsudo Okumura Bungaku Masanobu

Location

Creation: Japan

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subjects

Descriptive Topic: People, Japanese people, Entertainer, Actor, Kabuki, Kimono, Nihongami, Katana, Chonmage, Interior decoration

Men; Theatre

Topic

Curationist Contributors

Jessica Gengler

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All Works in Curationist’s archives can be reproduced and used freely. How to attribute this Work:

Okumura Masanobu, Kabuki Play Kusazuribiki from the Tales of Soga (Soga monogatari), 18th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. This hanging scroll depicts a scene from a story titled "Revenge of the Soga Brothers" in which two brothers vow to take revenge for their father's murder. Public Domain.

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