kitagawa utamaro

Three women on a boat Three Beauties of Yoshiwara (Seirô san bijin), 1793

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A Lover of Children Mother and Child

Games of the Four Seasons Charms of Flowers, c.1782

A monkey trainer performing at a noblemans house, c.1788

A Man Painting a WomanA seller of fan-papers ( Jigami-uri ) and a young beauty

A woman holding a dog in her arms, from Five physiognomies of Beauty, c.1804

Couple with a Standing Screen, Edo Period, c.1797

Beauty just out of the BathAse o fuku onna (woman wiping sweat) - a wood print of a woman wiping sweat from her brow, 1798

Beauty Reading a Letter behind the Mosquito NetGreeting Love Every Night

Bijin with Samisen Flowers of Edo Young Woman's

Narrative Chanting to the Samisen.

Courtesans strolling beneath cherry trees

Hair Dresser

Niwaka

Night Rain, c. 1797

Stylish Amusements of the Four Seasons (diptych)

Act Eleven from the series The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai Kuzuki), c. 1794-95

Applying Sizing, from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, A Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku) (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), c. 1803

Games of the Four Seasons Charms of Flowers, c.1782

Hanazuma of the HyõgoyaHanaõgi of the Õgiya

Takigawa of the Õgiya

Komurasaki of the Tamaya

Osome of the Aburaya teahouse Okita of the Naniwa

Tamaya-nai Tagasode, The courtesan Tagasode of the Tamaya House

The courtesan Imose of the Yoshiwara House Akatsuta-ya parading with her kamuro.

The Embankment at Mimeguri

The Drunke CourtesanThe Hussy

The Lower Class The Middle Class

The Õmando Dance The Upper Class

Three girls in a clothes shop

Three girls paddling in a river, from the Fashionable Six Jewelled Rivers, Yamashiro Province, pub. 1790,

Comparison of celebrated beauties and the loyal league, c.1797

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Comparison of celebrated beauties and the loyal league, c.1797

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Comparison of celebrated beauties and the loyal league, c.1797

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Comparison of celebrated beauties and the loyal league, c.1797

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Comparison of celebrated beauties and the loyal league, c.1797

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Comparison of celebrated beauties and the loyal league, c.1797

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Abalone Divers, c. 1797–98

At the Ferry-boat Landing, 1743-1806

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro

Ayatsuri moyo take no hitofushi Awa no Naruto

Cherry Blossom Banquet (Ôka no utage)

Chinese Beauties at a Banquet, 1788–90

Snow, Moon and Flowers in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro setsugekka) - Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya with Attendants Shirabe and Teriha

Takigawa of the Ogiya (Ogiya uchi Takigawa, Onami, Menami, Kisagawa, Hanamichi, Himekawa, Kumegawa), 1793

Drums and ShamisenThe three models O-Hisa, O-Kita and O-Hina.

Hyakkaen, c. 1788–90

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya A Geisha and Her Maid

The Kitchen, c. 1794-1795

Susuhaki (House Cleaning), 1792

Somenosuke of the MatsubayaTakashima Ohisa, c. 1793

The Greatest Beauties of Our Time (Toji zensei bijin zoroe)

Pleasure-boating on the Sumida River (Sumidagawa funa-asobi), c. 1788-90

Behind the Sudare

Mosquito-net, from the series Model Young Women in Mist (Kasumi-ori musume hinagata) (Kaya), c. 1794-95

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita), c. 1795-6

Preparing a Meal, c. 1798–99

Women Preparing Gion Bean Curd, from the series Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft (Fujin tewaza jûni-kô), c. 1798–99

Beauty with Pipe

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninsô juppon), c. 1792–93

Yosooi of the Matsubaya Tomimoto Toyohina, c. 1794

The Scoop-net, c. 1800-01

Under an Umbrella, c. 1797

Seiro niwakaSeiro niwaka zensei asobi- Hana no mitsugi sorou tebyoshi,

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Kitagawa Utamaro Biography Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - 1806) (the name has occasionally been rendered as Outamaro, but that usage is archaic) was a Japanese printmaker and painter, and is considered one of the greatest artists of ukiyo-e. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijin-ga, although he also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.

His work reached Europe in the mid 19th century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influenced the European Impressionists, particularly with his use of partial views, with an emphasis on light and shade.

Here is a partial list of his print series, with dates:

Chosen Poems (1791-1792) Ten Types of Women's Physiognomies (1792-1793) Famous Beauties of Edo (1792-1793) Ten Learned Studies of Women (1792-1793) Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (1793-1794) Snow, Moon and Flowers of the Green Houses (1793-1795) Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (1794) Twelve Hours of the Green Houses (1794-1795) Flourishing Beauties of the Present Day (1795-1797) An Array of Passionate Lovers (1797-1798) Ten Forms of Feminine Physiognomy (1802)