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Yamauba and Kintarō Playing with a Cherry

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print with a woman and a child. The woman is on her back with her head on the left side. She has long dark hair and a green kimono with beige flowers on it. Her eyes are cast downward. A naked baby with short dark hair and a round face peers down at her from the upper right. The baby's left hand is on the woman's mouth. The background is a mottled beige color. There is Japanese writing on the left edge of the image.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1795
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
429 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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