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Kitagawa Utamaro

ca. 1793 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Utamaro composed this image with considerable skill and humor, creating a circuit of gazes and gestures. Mother and child are simultaneously involved in multiple activities. She arranges her hair before a mirror stand and nurses her baby, while he suckles, pinches her other nipple, and reaches for a toy offered by another woman.

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Date

ca. 1793

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914