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A Foreigner Enjoying Her Children

Utagawa Yoshikazu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Foreigner Enjoying Her Children by Utagawa Yoshikazu: A woman in a pink and white dress with red stripes, blue undergarment and gray coat, and red headscarf faces left. The woman holds up her skirt with her left hand to hide the genitals. A child sits on the floor to her left and another child and a woman stand to her right. The background consists of interior of a building with a green floor, beige walls, and a window with white curtains. A shelf with objects on top, a hanging rack with clothes and a plant on it, and a doorway with another building outside are on the walls. A person stands in the doorway behind the woman on the left. Text runs down the left wall and across the top.

Artwork details

Date:
1860 (10th month)
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
430 × 625 px
Museum record:
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