The parting like Boats Returning Home Artist: Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)

mid 18th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

early Ukiyo-e: monochrome woodblock print

Dimensions

sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 in. (25 × 17.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940S

Accession Number

1959.2.9

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification

Prints

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No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

Title at upper right in cartouche: Saba e no kihan さ者(娑婆)への帰帆　Return to the Wretched World \r\nHaiku poem: ぬぐふ能ハ　阿世可泪可　起王可れ　（拭うのは　汗か泪か　起き別れ）　Is it sweat or tears/ to wipe off/ at morn parting?\r\n(This might be one of six interiors of courtesans' dressing rooms.)

Signed

Okumura Masanobu zu 奥村政信　図　followed by seal Masanobu, a circle inside a square in relief with the black colorbetween the square and the circle.

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