# Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month

**Okumura Masanobu** (Japanese, 1686–1764)  
ca. 1736–44  
Hand-colored woodblock illustration; ink and color on paper  
H. 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm); W. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, JP1499. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55597).

## About this work

Okumura Masanobu designed this in about 1736–44, aged about 50. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Hand-coloured.** Printed in black, then coloured by hand in watercolour, one sheet at a time.

### [Okumura Masanobu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/okumura-masanobu)

Japanese, 1686–1764

Masanobu was a largely self-taught artist of early ukiyo-e who also ran his own publishing house in Edo. Over a long career he worked through the major developments of the period, from black-ink sheets to hand-coloured designs and early two-colour pictures. He was among the first to adapt Western linear perspective in uki-e, deep views of theatre interiors and streets, and he popularised the tall, narrow pillar picture.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Prints
- Culture: Japan
- The artist was about 50
- Real size: about 9½ × 14 in (24 × 36 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Movement: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/ukiyo-e)
- Subjects: Food, Men, Women, Writing, Pipes
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/949.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/949/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plate-from-the-erotic-book-mounds-of-dyed-colors-a-pattern-b-met-55597).