Courtesans Imitating the Four Sleepers (Yûkun shisui), from a set of courtesan parodies

「遊君　四睡（しすい）」

Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764)

Japanese

Meiji-era impression from Edo-period block

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 28.6 x 43 cm (11 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.1104

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Shibui, "Masanobu no sumi-e," Ukiyo-e no kenkyû VI.3 (March 1929), #M (this design not illustrated)

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1104 (modern impression), 06.1165

Proof by Yamanaka from block RES.06.4

Signed (this sheet unsigned)
無款

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross