print; mitate-e

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Object Type: print; mitate-e
Museum number: 1927,0711,0.1
Description: Woodblock print. Courtesan sleeping against a tiger; parody of Bukan Hoshi. Sumizuri-e on paper.
Producer name: School of/style of: Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信
Production date: 18thC(early)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials: paper
Technique: sumizuri-e; woodblock
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Curator's comments: A subject for Zen ink painting of the medieval period was the 'four sleepers': the three Chinese monks Han Shan (Kanzan), Shi De (Jittoku), Feng Gan (Bukan Hoshi) and a tiger who often accompanied the latter. Here in a 'parody picture' (mitate-e) in the style of Masanobu, a courtesan dozes with the tiger. (Label copy, TTC, 1998)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: courtesan/prostitute; mammal; bijin; bodhisattva; yatsushi
Associated names: Representation of: Mañjuśrī/Wenshu/Monju; Representation of: Feng Gan 豊干
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Kato Shozo 加藤章造
Acquisition date: 1927
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1927,0711,0.1
Conservation: Treatment: 02 Jul 1999

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