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Yamauba and Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print of two people. A woman with long, straight black hair and a partially bare chest wearing a pale pink garment. She has a slender neck and her eyes are closed. Her left hand is up by her chin and her right arm is not visible. The woman's head is turned towards a smaller figure. A smaller man with slicked back black hair and a rounded face. He is wearing a green kimono with a tan and white pattern. His right hand is touching his chin. He is looking up at the woman. The background is beige. The woman's image takes up most of the print with the man on the bottom left.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
422 × 624 px
Museum record:
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