Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese
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.
Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
喜多川歌麿画 「当世風俗通 女房風」
Title: “Wife,” from the series Connoisseur of Modern Customs (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1790
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Accession Number: JP1121
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.
