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Women and an Infant Boy in a Public Bath House

Here, Toyokuni, Utagawa Kunisada's master, elegantly portrays a scene of everyday life at a public bathhouse. After their baths, the women relax and turn their attention to the toddler at the center.

Credit: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

c. 1799
Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
38.1 x 25.4cm
JP2724a-c
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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