DETAILS
- Artist
- Okumura Masanobu
- Date
- 1700
- Medium
- Monochrome woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 10 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (26.4 x 35.9 cm)
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THE ARTIST
Okumura Masanobu
Okumura Masanobu was a pioneering ukiyo-e artist who introduced comic albums, pillar prints, and Western-style perspective to Japanese art.
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