Children Setting up the Framework of a Storehouse, c. 1842, Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō, Japanese, 1798 - 1861, 14 11/16 × 29 5/16 in. ( × cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban triptych), Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, From the mid-18th century, a number of ukiyo-e artists designed prints that feature only children (kodomo-e, in Japanese). The prints were not intended for children, but rather for adults who enjoyed looking at images of innocent, happy children. Kuniyoshi designed a considerable number of kodomo-e

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