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Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese
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The ostensible subjects of these portraits are the wild boy Kintarō and his adoptive mother, Yamauba, who lived in the mountains. Utamaro produced many images of this pair that astutely capture intimate moments between mother and son.
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喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎
Title: Yamauba and Kintarō
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1795
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Accession Number: JP980
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