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Child Reaching for a Fishbowl

Nishimura Shigenaga

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts Child Reaching for a Fishbowl by Nishimura Yohaku. A woman in a yellow kimono with red and black designs stands on the left. Her hair is styled in a half-up ponytail. The woman looks down at a child on the right. The child wears an orange kimono and reaches up with their right hand. The woman holds a jug in her right hand and a bowl in her left. A fishbowl sits on the floor to her left. The background is beige with Japanese writing on the right side. A signature or seal appears in the bottom-right corner.

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435 × 900 px
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