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Okumura Masanobu

A Woman Nomori (Onna Nomori), no. 11 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

c. 1716/35
Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e
27.1 × 38.2 cm (10.7 × 15 in)

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