Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 85,000+ artists, and 1,800+ 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

Mother and Children Enjoying Fireflies by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Home
Print
Mother and Children Enjoying Fireflies

Mother and Children Enjoying Fireflies

Mother and Children Enjoying Fireflies

Kitagawa Utamaro

Medium: Woodblock print
Dimensions: horizontal ōban: H. 23.3 x W. 36.8 cm (9 3/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Genre: Print
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

Tags

Japanese

More by Kitagawa Utamaro

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Omi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)

Omi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

The Interesting Type (Omoshiroki so), from the series “Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women" ("Fujin sogaku juttai")

The Interesting Type (Omoshiroki so), from the series “Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women" ("Fujin sogaku juttai")

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1787

Act IX (Kudanme), from the series “The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Act IX (Kudanme), from the series “The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")

A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Moon-Viewing Party, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2

Moon-Viewing Party, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 2

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure

Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Vulgar Girl (Gehin musume)

Vulgar Girl (Gehin musume)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Mosquito Net (Kaya), from the series Model Young Women Woven in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata)

Mosquito Net (Kaya), from the series Model Young Women Woven in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1794

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Drums and Shamisen

Drums and Shamisen

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1756