Mother and Child

Data

Mother and Child
Print   (Part of the set: Hokusai Famous Works)

Katsushika Hokusai
Takamizawa
Post-war

00039-015
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00039-015

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

This is an image from Hokusai’s 'Namichidori', a set of twelve Shunga prints. The publisher chose to use only a part instead of showing the entire picture.

As the woman's eyebrows are shaved and black teeth are shown, she is likely the baby-boy’s mother. At the first view of the baby's facial expression, I was puzzled because the child didn’t appear adorable at all. After doing some research, I found that this is a part of a larger image, which makes more sense when seen completely.

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