Toshinobu Okumura

Years of birth and death unknown. Ukiyo-e artist of the mid-Edo period. A pupil of Okumura Masanobu, he was active from the late 1710s to the 1740s (the Kyoho and Kan'en eras). A representative artist of the Benie and Urushi-e period. His style of painting followed that of his master Masanobu, but his works are lively and full of gentle volume. His depictions are detailed and incorporate just the right amount of sensuality, and he often left behind works that surpass his master's. He focused on portraits of beautiful women and actors, and his work was concentrated in the decade or so around 1730, so he is thought to have been a short-lived artist. His representative works include "Yamashita Kinsaku's Oiso Tora," "Segawa Kikunojo's Journey Through the Kuzunoha River," and "Natsumoya Umuneake Triptych."

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生没年未詳。江戸中期の浮世絵師。奥村政信(まさのぶ)の門人で、1710年代後半から1740年代（享保(きょうほう)～寛延(かんえん)年間）にかけて活躍。紅絵(べにえ)、漆絵(うるしえ)期の代表的絵師。画風は師の政信を追ってはいるが、溌剌(はつらつ)とした生気があり、柔和な量感に富む。描写も細やかで適度に色香も含ませ、しばしば師を超える作品を残している。美人画、役者絵を中心に、作画は1730年前後の十数年に集中、短命の絵師であったと思われる。代表作は『山下金作の大磯(おおいそ)とら』『瀬川菊之丞(きくのじょう)のくずのは道行(みちゆき)』『なつもやうむねあけ三幅対(さんぷくつい)』など。

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