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Okumura Masanobu

Usuyuki: The Kogo Scene (Usuyuki Kogo no dan), from the series "Famous Scenes from Japanese Puppet Plays (Yamato irotake)"

c. 1705/06
Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
27.4 × 39.2 cm (10.8 × 15.4 in)

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