Kitagawa Utamaro

530 works

Utamaro made his name in Edo in the early 1790s with half-length portraits of women, their faces long and their features small. Read more

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Hanging scroll of two women in kimono, one holding a blue parasol, the other seated in a checkered robe with a blue flower.

Two girls under umbrella in snowstorm

1800

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami

1800

Painting of a kneeling woman in a red striped kimono gazing at a vase with a flowering plum branch on a lacquer stand.

Woman Making a Flower Arrangement

1802

Japanese print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle looking over her shoulder, wearing a patterned green kimono.

Standing Prostitute and Kamuro

1805

Hanging scroll of a standing woman in a patterned kimono with ink calligraphy above her, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami

1750

Woodblock print of a woman in a green patterned kimono glancing over her shoulder against a pink background.

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

c. 1793

Woodblock print of two women in kimono with a songbird cage on a wooden veranda beside a green shrub.

Waitress at the Matsu Higashi house

1795 - 1800

Woodblock print of two women and a child under a willow at night, one woman raising a round fan toward the sky.

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

c. 1796-97

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono by a stream among reeds, one reaching out with a round fan.

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right)

c. 1796-97

Woodblock print of three women in kimono beneath a willow tree, one holding a fan and one looking into a mirror.

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center)

c. 1796-97

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

c. 1798

Woodblock print of a man reading a scroll on a veranda beside a dog, with a woman holding a fan and an inset scene.

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

c. 1801-2

Woodblock print of women and children in kimono indoors, snow falling outside, with a hanging scroll and calligraphy on the w

Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

c. 1782

Ukiyo-e print by Kitagawa Utamaro showing figures beside a basket and sake jugs, with an inset of samurai in red.

Chushingura: Act X of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a green curtain, with a small inset of fans and toys in the upper lef

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles

c. 1797

Triptych print of women and a child catching fireflies at dusk beneath willow trees, with round fans and reeds.

Chushingura: Act IX of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

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

c. 1800

Triptych print of women fishing with a large net at night on a river, with a boat, platform and lanterns.

Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River

c. 1800

Triptych print of court ladies in kimono seated in a palace interior with crane screens and drummers.

Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

late 1790s

The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)

1797 or 1798

Woodblock print of a woman with a parasol and a child on her back, wearing a brown kimono and patterned obi.

Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi

late 1790s

Woodblock print of two women and a child walking at dusk by a river with a bridge, boats and lanterns.

Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

c. mid 1790s

Woodblock print of fishermen hauling a net at night under a crescent moon, with women in kimono on a boat.

Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River

c. 1797-98

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a black hand mirror and one adjusting her collar, on a yellow ground.

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women)

c. 1796

Woman lifting a child toward plum blossoms, with a second woman watching, in a Japanese woodblock print with calligraphy.

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent T…

late 1790s

Utamaro made his name in Edo in the early 1790s with half-length portraits of women, their faces long and their features small. Little is known of his life, not even where he was born. He worked closely with the publisher Tsutaya Jūzaburō and produced over 2000 known prints, along with illustrated books of insects. In 1804 he was manacled for fifty days over prints showing the military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He died in Edo two years later, and his prints later reached France, where Monet and Degas collected them. Browse 530 works by Kitagawa Utamaro from 15 museums, free to download in HD. Source: Wikipedia

Kitagawa Utamaro

Two Beauties

Woman with Puppies

Two girls under umbrella in snowstorm

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami

Woman Making a Flower Arrangement

婦人相學十躰・浮気之相

Standing Prostitute and Kamuro

Standing Prostitute

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami

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

Japanese Bush Warbler

Waitress at the Matsu Higashi house

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right)

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center)

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

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

Chushingura: Act X of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles

Catching Fireflies

Chushingura: Act IX of The Storehouse of Loyalty

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

Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River

Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)

Prayers for Rain, from the series Seven Elegant Komachi

Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

Net Fishing at Night

Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women)

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent T…

Kitagawa Utamaro

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