Benkei,fukuro musha tsuru no hitokoe,Masanobu Okumura,Photo of Ukiyo-e,c1715

Title: Benkei; fukuro musha tsuru no hitokoe
Title Translation: Benkei; Cry of the crane.
Creator(s): Okumura, Masanobu, 1686-1764, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1711 and 1720]
Summary: Prints show the samurai Benkei, full-length, fighting a warrior; and the envelope shows a crane flying, carrying in it's beak a rod with tassels attached to each end.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.
Signed.
Originally, these two prints were mounted together; were separated during conservation and mounted individually. There is speculation that the larger print was distributed in the 'cry of the crane' envelope.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Benkei,--d. 1189?
Samurai--Japan--1710-1720.
Heroes--Japan--1710-1720.
Fighting--Japan--1710-1720.
Cranes (Birds)--Japan--1710-1720.
Format:
Pictorial envelopes--1710-1720.
Pillar prints--1710-1720.
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1710-1720.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1710-1720.
Bookmark /2008661168/
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