Midnight: Mother and Sleepy Child, Kitagawa Utamaro 1790

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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art H. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); W. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm) woodblock print; ink and colour on paper At right: the title of the series; at left, the Hour of the Rat (11 pm to 1 am); the concubine Mekaké holds a fussing child.

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At right: the title of the series; at left, the Hour of the Rat (11 pm to 1 am); the concubine Mekaké holds a fussing child. Mekake is wearing pink and orange robes with few layers, the net above her bed draping over her back as she shushes the child back to sleep.

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