Okumura Masanobu - The Wooden Flute and the Potted Tree, c. 1710, Okumura Masanobu, circa 1710

The wooden flute and the potted tree by okumura masanobu, c. 1710, honolulu museum of art. Shakuhachi splitting a flute for firewood (shakuhachi hachinoki), a parody of the noh play hachinoki, from an untitled series of parodies of historical and literary subjects. Date: circa 1710.