Mother and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese

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Utamaro composed this image with considerable skill and humor, creating a circular movement through gazes and gestures. The mother, seated behind a freestanding screen, sticks out her tongue at her child. When the child responds to her reflection with an outstretched hand, another woman reacts with laughter and grasps the child's belt.

Mother and Child, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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