Daytime in the Gay Quarters
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Caption
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764). Daytime in the Gay Quarters, ca. 1739. Color woodblock print on paper, 10 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (27.3 x 38.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis V. Ledoux, 48.15.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Daytime in the Gay Quarters
Date
ca. 1739
Period
Edo Period
Geography
Place made: Japan
Medium
Color woodblock print on paper
Classification
Dimensions
10 3/4 x 15 1/4 in. (27.3 x 38.8 cm)
Inscriptions
Handwritten (not printed) at lower right corner: "I say, young master, what about... I mean..." (lighter script) "I said how beautifully you write." (darker script) Inscription on screen: Sureba, Sureba (= Well then, well then)
Credit Line
Gift of Louis V. Ledoux
Accession Number
48.15.2
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