Keywords: Okumura Masanobu - Itinerant Vendor of shikishi and tanzaku (paper and books).jpg en Okumura Masanobu Itinerant Vendor of shikishi and tanzaku paper and books 1720 “1730 Signed Okumura Masanobu hitsu Publisher ™s seal shu-no-hyŨtan in form of a calabash ; seal of Masanobu ™s own publishing house TŨrishiochŨ Actually it is an actor playing an itinerant vendor for paper for poems shikishi and tanzaku books and instructional material on waka poetry and koto playing as indicated on her crate She is holding a calligraphic copybook tehon and a brush One of the books at the top of her crate is named Genji-monogatari http //www ukipedia de/039 php Creator Okumura Masanobu 1720 “1730 Okumura Masanobu The Tale of Genji Booksellers in art PD-old-100 |