Okumura Masanobu: Three Young Men: A man playing a hand drum - Honolulu Museum of Art

Artist: Okumura Masanobu

Title: Three Young Men: A man playing a hand drum

Date: c. 1751

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This center panel of a triptych depicts a man seated playing a hand drum. On the floor to his left is a book of five Nö plays, including Takasago, Tamura, and Ukai. The poem reads: A drum is like a dandelion: a little spit on the fingers helps. (from Original Intent exhibition 11/21/06-)

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