Yamauba and Kintarō

Kitagawa Utamaro

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The ostensible subjects of these portraits are the wild boy Kintarō and his adoptive mother, Yamauba, who lived in the mountains. Utamaro produced many images of this pair that astutely capture intimate moments between mother and son.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art