About the work

Wife, from the series Connoisseur of Modern Customs (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)

Wife, from the series Connoisseur of Modern Customs (Tōsei fūzoku tsū), created by Kitagawa Utamaro around 1790, is executed with ink and colors on paper. The artwork measures 25.4 by 37.8 cm and is part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection in New York.