Yukihira and Two Brinemaidens at Suma, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, Image: 33 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (84.1 x 32.7 cm), Paintings, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764), Masanobu, a great innovator of ukiyo-e painting, gives the classic tale of the sisters Matsukaze and Murasame a novel treatment. The setting, sketched lightly in ink, is Suma's desolate shore, but the colorful protagonists are characteristic of the 'floating world' of Edo's pleasure quarter
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Yukihira, Two Brinemaidens, Suma, Edo period, 1615–1868, 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll, ink, color, silk, Image, 33 1/8 x 12 7/8, 84.1 32.7 cm, Paintings, Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686–1764, Masanobu, great innovator, ukiyo-e painting, gives, classic tale, sisters Matsukaze, Murasame, novel treatment, setting, sketched lightly, desolate shore, colorful protagonists, characteristic, floating world, Edo, pleasure quarter
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