# 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._

4 works in the collection.

- [Yukihira and Two Brinemaidens at Suma](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/yukihira-and-two-brinemaidens-at-suma-met-44863), Okumura Masanobu, 18th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Perspective View of the Interior of the Nakamura Theater with Ichikawa Ebizo II as Yanone Goro](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/perspective-view-of-the-interior-of-the-nakamura-theater-wit-cma-95401), Okumura Masanobu, 1740. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Plate from the Erotic Book Mounds of Dyed Colors: A Pattern Book for the Boudoir (Someiro no yama neya no hinagata), First Month](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plate-from-the-erotic-book-mounds-of-dyed-colors-a-pattern-b-met-55597), Okumura Masanobu, ca. 1736–44. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Xu You and Chao Fu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/xu-you-and-chao-fu-met-55754), Okumura Masanobu, 18th century. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.