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Woman and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman and a child, both wearing traditional Japanese clothing, are depicted in a vertical rectangular image. The woman has dark hair styled up with a hairpin and wears a white robe over a brown undergarment. She holds the child, who also wears a long robe, in her arms. The woman's head is tilted down towards the child. The child's head is tilted back and appears to be looking up. A green and orange fabric panel is behind them. The woman's robe has Japanese characters on the side. The image background is beige.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
150 × 624 px
Museum record:
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