Bedroom Scene
ca. 1739
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (hand colored)
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 15 1/8 in. (27.3 x 38.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1946
Accession Number
JP3032
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of Edo-period Japan with *Bedroom Scene*, a captivating woodblock print by Okura Masanobu, created around 1739. Masanobu, a pioneeringkiyo-e artist active 18th-century Edo (modern Tokyo), specialized in vibrant depictions of the "floating worldeveryday pleasures, theater, and erotica. This hand-colored print, measuring about 11 x 15 inches, showcases a private bedroom encounter between nude male and female figures, rendered in ink and delicate colors on paper. Its classification as a print from the Asian Art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art highlights i...
About the Artist
Okumura Masanobu · 1686–1764
Japanese, 1686–1764