Two kabuki actors in the roles of a courtesan on a water buffalo and a traveling priest

Creator Name

Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (1686-1764)

Cultural Context

Japanese

Date

Edo period

Source

National Museum of Asian Art;
Smithsonian Institution

Work details

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Title

Two kabuki actors in the roles of a courtesan on a water buffalo and a traveling priest

Creator

Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (1686-1764), Artist

Worktype

Painting; Paintings

Cultural Context

Japanese

Material

Color and gold on silk panel

Dimensions

H x W: 55.7 x 32.4 cm (21 15/16 x 12 3/4 in)

Technique

Language

Date

Edo period

Provenance

To 1898 Edward S. Hull Jr., New York to 1898 [1] From 1898 to 1919 Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1898 [2] From 1920 Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3] Notes: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 7, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134. [2] See note 1. [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.; Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

Japan

Source

National Museum of Asian Art;
Smithsonian Institution

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Subjects

water buffalo; Edo period (1615 - 1868); theater; courtesan; Japan; actor; begging; ukiyo-e; kakemono; yakusha-e; Japanese Art; Theater; Yakusha-e; Art; Actors and actresses; Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868); Japanese Art; Courtesan; Ukiyo-e; Kakemono; Water buffalo; Begging

Topic

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Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (1686-1764), Two kabuki actors in the roles of a courtesan on a water buffalo and a traveling priest, Edo period, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

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