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Japanese woodblock print of a kneeling woman in blue kimono beside a sleeping child, with ghostly figures drawn in a cloud above.

Child's nightmare of ghosts

A woman in a blue patterned kimono kneels beside a sleeping child wrapped in a green-and-striped robe, lifting a pink cloth over the child's face. Above, faint ghostly figures in pale ink drift in a cloud-like shape, suggesting a dream or fear.

Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro
Date
c. 1800/01
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2516 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1806).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Weissman

Español: Pesadilla infantil de fantasmas, grabado de Kitagawa Utamaro

Una mujer con kimono azul de estampado geométrico se arrodilla junto a un niño dormido envuelto en una bata verde a rayas, levantando una tela rosa sobre su rostro. Arriba, tenues figuras fantasmales en tinta clara flotan dentro de una forma de nube.

Português: Pesadelo infantil com fantasmas, gravura de Kitagawa Utamaro

Uma mulher de quimono azul com padronagem se ajoelha ao lado de uma criança adormecida envolta em um roupão verde listrado, erguendo um tecido rosa sobre o rosto dela. Acima, figuras fantasmagóricas em tinta clara flutuam em uma forma de nuvem.

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