“Hour of the Rat: Mistress,” from the series Women’s Daily Customs (Fu
A woman with an elaborate upswept hairstyle and ornamental combs cradles a naked infant against her shoulder, her patterned kimono with orange lining falling in soft folds. The pale ground and green curtain behind her frame the pair, and the baby's arms and legs are drawn in fine black line.
Look closer: The artist's signature and seal are written in small characters in the lower left corner.
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Date
- 1790
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2611 × 3795 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1790).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1922