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遊女見立瓢箪から駒
Courtesan Imitating a Taoist Immortal with a Horse Coming out of a Gourd
遊女見立瓢箪から駒
Okumura Toshinobu (Japanese, active about 1717–1750)
Japanese
Edo period
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (tan-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Hosoban; 26.1 x 14.3 cm (10 1/4 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1014
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Description"A horse coming out of a gourd" is a proverbial expression for something surprising. In some stories, one or more Taoist immortals kept a horse in a magical gourd.
Signed
Eshi Okumura Toshinobu hitsu
画師奥村利信筆
画師奥村利信筆
Marks
Artist's seal: (unread; possibly Mitsuoki)