奥村政信画見立紫式部図|Parody of Murasaki Shikibu at Her Desk

Okumura Masanobu, 1700

MEDIUMMonochrome woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

DIMENSIONS10 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (26.4 x 35.9 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Okumura Masanobu

Okumura Masanobu was a pioneering ukiyo-e artist who introduced comic albums, pillar prints, and Western-style perspective to Japanese art.

奥村政信画 見立紫式部図|Parody of Murasaki Shikibu at Her Desk