
Puppeteer
Okumura Toshinobu · c. 1730
Provenance
Ownership history
- Colbrun Collection, by Feb. 1931. Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 10, 1931.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Gunsaulus, AIC cat. 1 (1955), p. 182, no. 18
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