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Yamauba Admiring Kintaro's First Painting of the New Year
ca. 1795-1799
Not on view
The untamed mountains of Japan served as Kintaro's childhood home, and as a marker of his wild upbringing he is often depicted with darker skin than his mother. Freedom from the traditional constraints of society surely served the boy well; he came to be known for his great strength and eventually served as one of the four retainers of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, a warrior celebrated for overthrowing myriad demons and bandits during the tenth century.
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Publisher
- Murataya Jirobei
- Title
- Yamauba Admiring Kintaro's First Painting of the New Year
- Date
- ca. 1795-1799
- Object Type
- Medium
- Color woodcut
- Dimensions
- Image: 378 x 253 mm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 385 x 255 mm (15 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury
- Accession Number
- 54755.198.dup2