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Kitagawa Utamaro

530 works

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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

Japanese woodblock print of four elegantly dressed figures, one standing woman in a patterned kimono, with a black lacquer ha

Oshichi and Kichisaburo (from the series Music on the Theme of Constancy in Love)

c. 1800

Woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono beside a palanquin, with calligraphy in the upper left.

Women by a Palanquin (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times)

late 1790s

Woodblock print of a seated woman with a round fan and elaborate hairpins, with an actor portrait roundel in the upper left.

An Attractive Woman Who Looks Like the Actor Iwai Hanshiro V

1806

Japanese woodblock print of kneeling women and a seated man with a crane and red sun, with an inset scene at upper right.

Chushingura: Act I of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman holding a candle over a kneeling figure, with a shirtless man and a small inset scene.

Chushingura: Act XI of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of women and a man beside a paper lantern, with bamboo and an inset interior scene.

Chushingura: Act VI of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with hairpins holding a round fan, wearing a black kimono and green patterned sleeve.

Woman Holding a Fan (from the series Ten Aspects of the Physiognomy of Women)

c. 1793

Woodblock print of a courtesan in a black floral kimono flanked by two young attendants in pink robes.

The Courtesan Hinazuru of Chojiya with her Attendants Tsuruji and Tsuruno

c. 1794

Woodblock print of a courtesan with ornate hairpins reading a book, wearing a pink kimono with a green obi.

The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses)

late 1790s

Woodblock print of two women, one measuring a patterned black kimono held by the other, with elaborate hairstyles.

Woman Measuring a Man's Gown (from the series Twelve Occupations of Women)

late 1790s

Woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and a man holding a pipe behind her, in muted pink and cream tones.

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

late 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of women arranging a plant and carrying vases, with a small inset scene at upper right.

Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono in an interior, a kneeling man with a striped robe, and an inset scene.

Chushingura: Act II of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Woodblock print of two women in kimono under a cherry tree with a child crouching in striped clothing in the foreground.

Parody of an Imperial Carriage Scene

c. 1798

Woodblock print of two women in kimono beside a pine-painted screen, with an inset panel of samurai fighting in the upper lef

Chushingura: Act V of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned red kimono reading a unrolled scroll beside a writing box and chrysanthemums

Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll

1753-1806

Woodblock print of three women in kimono with elaborate hair ornaments, one with flowers in her hair, against a plain backgro

Courtesans and Attendants

1753-1806

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono beside a railing under a blossoming plum tree, with a kneeling child at lower lef

Serenade

1753-1806

Woman in a patterned kimono reads a letter while seated, with a hanging fan ornament at upper right, Japanese woodblock print

Woman Reading a Letter (from the series Seven Episodes in the Life of Komachi in the Floating World)

1806

Woodblock print of two women with elaborate hairstyles and kimono, one holding a fan, with calligraphy at upper left.

Two Courtesans

1753-1806

Japanese woodblock print of two women in patterned kimono, one holding a pink fan, with elaborate hairstyles.

No Title

1753-1806

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one standing on a platform, one leaning from a balcony beside a lattice scre

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers As Portrayed by Famous Beauties in Twelve Leaves

1794-95

Woodblock print of three women in kimono, one peering through a lattice screen, by Kitagawa Utamaro c.1803.

Kiyomizu Komachi from the series Little Seedlings: Seven Komachi

c.1803