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Bedroom Scene

Okumura Masanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman lies on a floor, on her side with her head facing right. She has black hair tied up in a bun, and wears a yellow striped top with pink and blue undergarments and orange undergarments. She faces a table covered by a white cloth with a floral pattern. The table has a lacquerware box on top. There is a doorway and a window behind her, the window on the left and the door on the right. Outside the door and window are birds on a tree branch. The wall on the right has Japanese writing on it. The background of the room is tan. There is Japanese writing at the bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1739
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (hand colored)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 430 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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