

Foreign Family with Wife Making Clothes (Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu)
Colorful Japanese woodblock print of a scene with Western and Japanese elements. A woman in a blue and black dress sits at a table with curved legs, sewing. In the background, a man in a black suit with white shirt and bow tie sits in a red chair with a child on his lap. The child wears a red shirt and blue shorts. To the left of the man, a child in a green robe and blue shorts stands on the steps. On the right side, a woman in a pink dress and green jacket walks away. The scene takes place on a porch with a column and a house with blue windows in the background. The top of the image features a blue banner with white Japanese characters. The bottom left has vertical Japanese characters.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1860
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 430 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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