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Woman and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman and a child. The woman on the right is wearing an orange kimono and a black hat with gold floral designs. She is leaning over the woman on the left, who is sitting on the floor. The sitting woman has her hair pulled back and wears a kimono with a white floral pattern on a brown background; she is holding her right arm up to her head. The child is sleeping on the woman's lap, wrapped in a yellow cloth. To the left of the women is a black object with a round top, possibly a fan or a lid, and an orange vase sits on a shelf below it. The background of the image is a mottled beige color. The artwork is done by Kitagawa Utamaro and titled "Woman and Child".

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1793
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
423 × 624 px
Museum record:
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