Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows

Kitagawa Utamaro

1786–1796

Medium: Color woodblock print; aiban
Dimensions: 31.7 × 22.2 cm (12 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Japanese (culture or style)

Tags

mothersbabiesprintasian artchildrenJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

More by Kitagawa Utamaro

Act Seven, from the series "Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) (Shichi-damme)"

Act Seven, from the series "Treasury of the Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) (Shichi-damme)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Narihira's Journey to the East

Narihira's Journey to the East

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1787

A Young Man at the Side of a House

A Young Man at the Side of a House

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from an untitled series of genre scenes in the twelve months, with kyoka poems

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1787

No. 11 (juichi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

No. 11 (juichi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Takashima Ohisa

Takashima Ohisa

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Yamauba and Kintarō

Yamauba and Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Snow, Moon, and Flowers in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro setsugekka) : Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya with Attendants Shirabe and Teriha

Snow, Moon, and Flowers in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro setsugekka) : Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya with Attendants Shirabe and Teriha

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1756

Frog (Kaeru); Gold Beetle (Kogane mushi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Frog (Kaeru); Gold Beetle (Kogane mushi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)"

Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Erotic Print

Erotic Print

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753