Japanese woodblock print of a tall standing figure in a pale robe and a kneeling figure with a round red-and-white fan, with a jar at lower right.

Mother and Child at Dusk (Oyako yugure), Utamaro

A woodblock print in tall vertical format shows a standing figure in a long, pale, layered robe with an elaborate upswept hairstyle, and a smaller kneeling figure below, wearing a dark patterned sleeve and holding a round fan with red and white motifs. A ceramic jar sits at the lower right against a plain cream background.

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro
Date: c. 1800
Medium: Color woodblock print; naga-oban
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 843 × 1810 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1805).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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