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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (21)

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

1801 · Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sheet: 39.1 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Liefdespaar voor spiegel

1799 · color woodcut on paper

height: 254 cm, width: 382 cm

Rijksmuseum

Negai no itoguchi

1799 · color woodcut on paper

height: 253 cm, width: 383 cm

Rijksmuseum

Ehon enbusugata

1798 · color woodcut on paper

height: 152 cm, width: 106 cm

Rijksmuseum

Ehon enbusugata - chu

1798 · color woodcut on paper

width: 106 cm, height: 152 cm

Rijksmuseum

Ehon enbusugata - ge

1798 · color woodcut on paper

width: 106 cm, height: 1651 cm

Rijksmuseum

Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"

1797 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.1 × 26.2 cm (15 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center)

1796 · Triptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right)

1796 · triptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

1796 · Triptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors

1795 · color woodblock print

39.1 x 26.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

1795 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Art Institute of Chicago

Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask

1794 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.8 × 26.1 cm (15 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties

1793 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 33 x 22.3 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)

1793 · Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych

Right sheet: 37.8 × 24.5 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Center sheet: 37.8 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Left sheet: 37.8 × 26.2 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Liefdesgedichten

1792 · color woodcut on paper

width: 263 cm, height: 390 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans

1792 · Color woodblcok print; aiban

33.3 × 22.2 cm (13 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Minnend paar

1790 · color woodcut on Japanese paper (handmade paper)

height: 168 cm, width: 378 cm

Rijksmuseum

Takashima Ohisa

1790 · Color woodblock print; oban

38 × 25.8 cm (15 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

1788 · color woodblock print

36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei

1756 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.1 × 25.5 cm (15 7/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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10 entries · 1 sources

Negai no itoguchi
1799 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Ehon enbusugata
1798 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Ehon enbusugata - chu
1798 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Ehon enbusugata - ge
1798 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)
1796 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center)
1796 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers
1801 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right)
1796 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties
1793 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors
1795 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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