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1860

Foreigner Enjoying Her Children

Utagawa Yoshikazu

Japanese, active c. 1850-70

Women with children were a common subject in traditional Japanese genre paintings and popular prints, and this theme was continued in printed depictions of foreigners. The artist of this image shows a mother carrying an infant in the crook of her arm, which contrasts with the Japanese practice of carrying a child on one's back.

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