Mother and Child at Dusk (Oyako yugure), from the series "Three Evening Pleasure of the Floating World (Ukiyo san seki)"
Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1800 · Color woodblock print; naga-oban
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Mother and Child at Dusk (Oyako yugure), from the series "Three Evening Pleasure of the Floating World (Ukiyo san seki)" is a public-domain illustration by Kitagawa Utamaro, dated c. 1800. Color woodblock print; naga-oban. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Mother and Child at Dusk (Oyako yugure), from the series "Three Evening Pleasure of the Floating World (Ukiyo san seki)"” (c. 1800) is a woodblock design by Utamaro, usually a half-length portrait of a woman. Another museum may hold a different impression of the same block.
About the artist
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) designed ukiyo-e portraits of women. The prints are woodblocks, so more than one impression of a design usually exists.
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