DETAILS
- Artist
- Okumura Masanobu
- Date
- 1700
- Medium
- Woodblock print; hosoban, ishizuri-e
- Location
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Dimensions
- 32.5 × 15.4 cm (12 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Arts of Asia
- Culture
- Japan
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jared K. Morse in memory of Charles J. Morse
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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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