喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎|Yamauba Playing with Kintarō
1795
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
About the artist
1795
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎|Yamauba Playing with Kintarō is a 1795 ink by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, depicting Playing, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a woman with long dark hair holding a baby. Her face is half-turned, eyes closed, and she looks calm. The baby is reaching for something in her hand—maybe a plant or a toy—while she holds it gently. The woman’s sleeve has a pattern, and the background is simple with soft colors. The artist used clean lines and flat colors, typical of woodblock prints. The baby’s face is round and simple, almost like a doll’s. Try looking up cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with lines.
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