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Kitagawa Utamaro

530 works

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Woodblock print of a pheasant standing in grass with two swallows flying above, with Japanese calligraphy columns.

Swallows and pheasant

1790

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairpins, one holding a blue fan, with a small bird flying above.

Uzuki no hototogisu

1890

Woodblock print of three women tending silkworm trays on racks beside a green woven basket, under a tiled roof.

Number four

1799

Japanese woodblock triptych of women in kimono preparing a festival interior with an Ebisu figure, lanterns and pine branches

Festival of the god of good fortune, Ebisu

1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman holding an infant, with a second woman with elaborate hairpins above, in muted tones.

Souvenirs from Zōshigaya

1801

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a staff, with a large hat above and calligrap

Umegawa and Chūbei

1798

Japanese woodblock print of two women, one raising a dark sake cup while the other holds a red lacquer tray.

Sake cup

1801

Woodblock print of a man in a striped kimono and a woman with ornate hairpins in a pink floral robe, with calligraphy.

Shirai Gonpachi and the courtesan Komuraski of the Miura-ya

1798

Woodblock print of a woman with a dark bun holding sheer cloth stretched across her face, tan paper background.

Sheer cloth

1795

Woodblock print of four women in kimono sorting green leaves on a mat in a room, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799.

Number five

1799

Woodblock print of three women with a flowering tree, two kneeling over paper and writing, one standing at left.

Number one

1799

Woodblock print of women in patterned kimono by a black palanquin under cherry blossoms, with sailing boats on the sea behind

Cherry-viewing at Gotenyama

1805

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles, one writing a letter with a brush and the other reading a scroll.

Twee vrouwen met brieven

1725

Japanese woodblock print of women and a kneeling man with swords before a painted landscape screen.

Great house cleaning at year's end

1798

Woodblock print of women in kimono doing household tasks in a wooden house with shoji screens and snow outside.

House of Ichizuke

1804

Woodblock print of a woman with elaborate hairpins holding a pipe, beside a man with a topknot, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Osono and Rokusaburō

1801

Woodblock print of two courtesans with gold hairpins, one reading a handwritten letter, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

The courtesans Yoyotose and Yoyoginu of the Matsuba-ya

1801

Ukiyo-e print of two women with elaborate hairpins and patterned kimono, with calligraphy and signature beside them.

The courtesan Midorigi of Okamatsu-ya

1804