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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono drawing lots for prizes in an interior with screens and lanterns.

Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)

c. 1798

Woodblock print of a woman and children kneeling before a large screen painting of a fierce Chinese lion, with a peacock feat

Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion

1786

Triptych woodblock print of women and attendants crossing a stream before Mount Fuji, with a horse and a falconer.

Young man and his party crossing a stream before Mt. Fuji

c. 1798/1800

Woodblock print of a saddled horse grazing under a flowering plum tree with white and red blossoms.

Horse beneath a Flowering Plum Tree

c. 1797/99

Woodblock print of a court scene with seated nobles, women on tatami mats, a pine tree, and a horse and rider on a veranda.

New Year at Court, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

New Year, 1789

Japanese woodblock print of a samurai mansion courtyard at New Year, with seated men, servants, and a garden pine.

New Year in a Samurai Mansion, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

New Year, 1789

Woodblock print of a monkey performing for seated women and musicians in a room with a folding screen and veranda.

Performance of a Trained Monkey, from an illustrated poetry anthology entitled "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

1789

Japanese woodblock print of a green lion dance with red mask on a street, onlookers at a window, and a New Year pine decorati

New Year Street-Performers, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

New Year, 1789

Japanese print of figures in snow near plum blossoms, a pine-decorated gate, and a woman at a latticed window.

Delivering New Year Gifts in the Snow, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

New Year, 1789

Monochrome print of two people towing a covered barge along a snowy river bank, with willows and distant pine-covered hills.

Towing a Barge in the Snow, from the album The Silver World

1790

Woodblock print of a seated bald poet in a red robe and green sash gazing upward beside water, with calligraphy at right.

Poet Sōjō Henjō

1799

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono walking beside a black lacquered carriage with a spoked wheel and a parasol.

Women Imitating an Imperial Procession

1805

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono on river pleasure boats at dusk, with a crescent moon and riverbank buildings.

Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River

1788/90

Ukiyo-e triptych of women at work in a printmaking workshop, carving blocks, sizing paper and drawing designs.

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints,…

About 1803

Two-panel woodblock print: a man at a balcony under a red lantern, and three women in kimono with hair ornaments.

Theater loge

1799

Japanese print of women and men fishing at night from a wooden platform and boat, with nets and water waves across three pane

Nachtelijke visvangst

1795

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of people shopping at a seaside fish market with baskets of fish and waves behind.

Gezicht op de vismarkt op het strand te Shiba

1807

Triptych Japanese print of elegant figures on a boat with Mount Fuji, a hawk and eggplants, by Utamaro, 1798.

First dream: Fuji, hawks, and eggplants

1798

Triptych woodblock print of women gathering shellfish on a rocky shore with woven baskets and fish, by Utamaro.

Abalone Divers

c. 1797/98

Woodblock print of a courtesan embracing a client in a checkered kimono, with calligraphy text in the margins.

Courtesan with a Client

1799

Woodblock print of a woman leaning over a man smoking a pipe beside a brazier, with fans and patterned textiles.

Jonge man rokend met courtisane

1799

Polychrome Japanese woodblock print of an embracing couple in patterned kimono beside an orchid planter, with calligraphy.

Geheime affaire van een getrouwde man en een getrouwde vrouw

1799

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in a purple kimono embracing a man, with inscriptions and household objects.

Geisha in kimono met lange mouwen en haar geliefde

1799

Woodblock print of a couple embracing on a patterned summer mat, with calligraphic verses above, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Jong getrouwd stel, de liefde bedrijvend op een zomerslaapmat

1799

Woodblock print of a couple embracing kneeling beside a shamisen, with Japanese calligraphy in the background.

Jonge burgerdochter met minnaar bij een shamisen

1799

Woodblock print of a man in a patterned kimono behind a bent-over woman in purple, with calligraphy in the margins.

Ouder getrouwd stel bedrijft de liefde

1799

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in purple kimono beside a man in striped robe, with a lattice screen and calligraphy.

Geisha en minnaar bij vrijstaand kamerscherm

1799

Japanese woodblock print of a geisha and a man in an intimate embrace, with calligraphic inscriptions and a green textile.

Geisha en haar geliefde

1799

Woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro of a man in green kimono leaning over a seated woman with striped robe and calligraphy.

Getrouwde man en weduwe

1799

Japanese woodblock print of a couple in kimono embracing before a folding screen with plum blossom branches.

Vrijend paar naast kamerscherm

1799

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan kissing a young man in a striped robe, with calligraphy and a kettle beside them.

Prostituee kussend met jonge man

1799

Japanese print of a red-shaded peony with gold leaves and an uncolored peony outline beside it, with a label reading botan.

Peonies

n.d.

Woodblock print of two women reclining under a patterned kimono, with Japanese calligraphy above, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790.

Minnend paar

1790

Woodblock print of women in a room opening shoji screens onto a garden with a stone lantern and pine tree.

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

c. 1793/97

Woodblock print of courtesans and patrons in a pleasure house interior with painted screens and lamps.

Rules of Conduct in the Pleasure Quarters

1804

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono inside a green mosquito net with red valances and bedding.

Woman with a visitor

1797

Japanese print of a dark cormorant diving into water beside two pale herons, with small fish and a misty grey sky.

Cormorant and white heron

1789

Japanese woodblock print of six figures in traditional robes, a reclining woman in a floral kimono at center with seated men

Six poets

1795

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

Swallows and pheasant

1790

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

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

House of Ichizuke

1804

Ukiyo-e print of courtesans in kimono and hair ornaments in a wooden interior with latticed windows and a river view.

Scene in the Yoshiwara

1790