Maid Bringing Rice Cakes

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Maid Bringing Rice Cakes

Entry/Object ID

Akeley Archive 397

Type of Print

Woodcut

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Okumura Masanobu (奥村政信)

Role

Artist

Date made

circa 1686 - circa 1764

Time Period

17th Century, 18th Century

Place

Country

Japan

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

loose piece of paper at center bottom

Transcription

Maid bringing rice cakes. End sheet of orikon. [illegible: Sp.] Nikoa gua-ko (Jap. artist) Okumura Marunobu 1685-1768 Rouart 2/6/22 [illegible] Fine impression and condition

Material/Technique

Written, Ink

Type

Signature

Location

print front, bottom left side

Transcription

大和畫工,奧村政信圖限

Language

Japanese

Translation

Yamato Artist, Masanobu Okumura Limited

Material/Technique

Printed

Type

Chop

Location

print front, bottom right corner

Language

Japanese

Material/Technique

Stamped

Notes

Red round stamp

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Height

11 in

Width

16 in

Provenance

Notes

Professors Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries.