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Japanese woodblock print of a lantern-lit hall with a man in a dark kimono raising a red puppet, a seated shamisen player, and a kneeling figure in white.

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
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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1800).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: Una función privada de títeres

Un largo salón iluminado por linternas, en perspectiva lineal, se abre hacia una puerta lejana, con biombos corredizos y paneles pintados a la derecha. En primer plano, un hombre con kimono oscuro levanta un pequeño títere rojo mientras una figura sentada toca el shamisen junto a una figura arrodillada de blanco.

Português: Uma apresentação privada de marionetes

Um longo salão iluminado por lanternas, em perspectiva linear, abre-se para uma porta distante, com biombos deslizantes e painéis pintados à direita. Em primeiro plano, um homem de quimono escuro ergue um pequeno boneco vermelho enquanto uma figura sentada toca shamisen ao lado de uma figura ajoelhada de branco.

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