A Private Puppet Performance

A long, lantern-lit hall in linear perspective opens toward a distant doorway, with sliding screens and painted panels at the right. In the foreground, a man in a dark kimono raises a small red puppet while a seated figure plays a shamisen beside a kneeling figure in white.

Artist

Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (1686-1764)

Date

18th century

Medium

Color on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)

Size

2509 × 1574 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art