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MotHer Carrying Her Baby Girl to the Miya Mairi

Torii Kiyonaga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The print depicts a group of six people. A woman in a black kimono with a white undergarment and a hat stands on the left. She faces right. Next to her is a woman in an orange kimono with a floral pattern. She also faces right. Behind her is a man wearing a brown kimono and a hat. He faces left. To his right is a woman in a brown kimono with a plaid pattern and a floral patterned obi. She holds a black object in her right hand and faces left while looking down. A man with his right hand raised stands behind her. He wears a brown kimono with a plaid pattern and a hat. On the far right is a bald man wearing a gray kimono with a plaid pattern and an orange obi. The background is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1784
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
413 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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