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Kitagawa Utamaro

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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.

Japanese Bush Warbler

1754-1806

Color woodcut of a kneeling woman pouring tea on a verandah beside a shoji screen casting a shadow figure.

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.

Catching Fireflies

c. 1796-97

Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda, one combing hair, with a basket-hatted man below and a snowy inset scene.

Chushingura: Act IX of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Woodblock print of two women with tall hairstyles and long hairpins in patterned kimono, by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800.

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.

Net Fishing at Night

c. 1800

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women and a child by a river with a wooden bridge and boats at dusk.

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

Triptych print of women in kimono fishing and strolling on rocky shores with boats, sails, and distant mountains.

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima

c. 1790

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono beside a red fence under pink cherry blossoms.

Chōzan of Chōjiya from the series Triptych of Beauties Before Blinds

1753-1806

Woodblock print of a woman with a fishing rod and a man leaning over a boat, with his reflection in the water.

Couple in a Boat

c. 1799

Japanese woodblock print of three women with ornate hairpins, one holding a folding fan, in patterned kimono.

Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashimaya Ohisa, and Naniwaya Okita

c. 1794

Woodblock print of a woman guiding a younger woman's hand as she writes with a brush at an ink stone.

Mother Teaching her Daughter Calligraphy, from the series, Twelve Occupations of Women

c. 1798

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one playing a shamisen, with a parasol, a dog, and a mountain screen behind.

Chushingura: Act VIII of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle gazing at a sleeping infant she holds against her chest.

Fond of Things from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today's World

late 1790s

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seen through a bamboo blind on a veranda, the other standing beside bamboo leaves

Two Women by a Bamboo Blind

c. 1797 or 1798

Triptych woodblock print of a travel procession past pine trees with Mount Fuji rising behind them.

Procession at the Foot of Mount Fuji

1792 or 1793