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Mother Nursing Child by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

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Woodblock print
Mother Nursing Child

Mother Nursing Child

Mother Nursing Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

1801–1836

Medium: Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Genre: Woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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mothersbabiesprintasian artchildrenJapanese (culture or style)woodblock printnursing (breast feeding)

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