児戯意乃三笑　恵恩芳子|Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

ca. 1800 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

As in a number of the prints in this exhibition, the reflection of the mother and child in this image enables us to see the figures from two sides. Here, a dog raises its paw, perhaps in imitation of the baby's elevated hand. Such mother-and-child prints by Utamaro influenced the work of Mary Cassatt.

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Date

ca. 1800

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939