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American Woman with Her Child on Stilts

Utagawa Yoshitora

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yellow background. A woman wearing a blue top, long pleated skirt, and a feathered headdress. She is holding the leg of a child standing on stilts. The child wears a dark military-style jacket and light-colored pants. The child has one leg bent, and their hands are by their sides. The woman's head is turned to the right, toward the child. There are several Japanese characters on the image. A vertical banner on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
1st month, 1861
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
425 × 624 px
Museum record:
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