Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1790 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art
Utamaro created numerous scenes featuring mothers and children. In this image from a series depicting the customs of modern urban women, a mother is shown offering her breast to her child, who stares out at the viewer while suckling.
風俗美人時計 子ノ刻 妾|Midnight: Mother and Sleepy ChildKitagawa Utamaro
吾妻美人ゑらみ|A Tea-house WaitressKitagawa Utamaro
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喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎 |Yamauba Combing Her Hair with KintarōKitagawa Utamaro
UntitledJuka Sekijō
鳥文斎栄之画 「青楼美人六花仙 丁子屋雛鶴鸖」|The Courtesan Hinazuru of the Chōjiya Brothel (Chōjiya Hinazuru), from the series Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters as Six Floral Immortals (Seirō bijin rokkasen)Chōbunsai Eishi
逢身八契 権八小紫の床の通気|Gonpachi ni Komurasaki no Toko no TsukiKitagawa Utamaro
UntitledSuzuki Harunobu
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『青楼七小町』 「玉屋内花紫」|“Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi)Kitagawa Utamaro
UntitledMomokawa Shiko II
児戯意乃三笑 恵恩芳子|Mother and ChildKitagawa Utamaro