The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 16, 2026

A vertically oriented woodblock print depicts a woman with light skin tone, facing our right, looking down at a baby she holds. Her black hair is styled in a large bun with several pins and a red ornament. She wears a light-colored robe with a dark collar, open to reveal one breast. The infant is wrapped in peach-colored fabric. Japanese calligraphy and a red seal occupy the right against a neutral background.

Fond of Things from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today's World

late 1790s

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 36.4 x 40.8 cm (14 5/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1155
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1916
    Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1916–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).
    Japanese Hair Ornaments, Pouches and Toilet Articles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16-November 1, 1936).
    Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1155