Woman and Child

Woman and Child

Kitagawa Utamaro

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Utamaro composed this image with considerable skill and humor, creating a circuit of gazes and gestures. Mother and child are simultaneously involved in multiple activities. She arranges her hair before a mirror stand and nurses her baby, while he suckles, pinches her other nipple, and reaches for a toy offered by another woman.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.