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Foreign Family with Wife Making Clothes (Gaikokujin ifuku shitate no zu)

Utagawa Yoshikazu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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
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