In 1891, Mary Cassatt completed a series of ten color prints after viewing the 1890 exhibition of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints held in Paris. The literature on the series often focuses on the stylistic similarities between Cassatt’s and Japanese prints as well as the parallel themes of women in domestic spaces and mothers with children. Through these similarities, it is easy to see why Cassatt would have been drawn to the Japanese prints. Moreover, at this time she was transitioning out of Impressionism towards a Post-Impressionist style characterized by solid blocks of color, strong lines, and decorative patterns in her own work. A revived interest in printmaking in France also allowed for experimentation in a medium which emphasized these new visual qualities. Cassatt’s series took inspiration from Japanese prints, especially those by the eighteenth-century Japanese artist Utamaro, and translated the subject, style, and technique into her own work.