Bedroom Scene
ca. 1739
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (hand colored)
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. (27.3 x 39.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1945
Accession Number
JP3035
Tags
Art Historical Context
Okumura Masanobu's *Bedroom Scene* (ca. 1739) is a captivating woodblock print from Japan's Edo period (16151868), a time when ukiyo-e—"pictures of the floating world"—ourished, celebrating everyday pleasures amid urban prosperity in cities like Edo (modern Tokyo). This hand-colored ink and color on paper print, measuring about 10¾ x 15⅜ inches, captures an intimate domestic moment between a man and woman in a bedroom, reflecting the genre's focus on transient joys, relationships, and private life. Masanobu, an innovative ukiyo-e artist active in the early 18th century, was renowned for pione...
About the Artist
Okumura Masanobu · 1686–1764
Japanese, 1686–1764