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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Woodblock print of a child lighting fireworks under willows while women with a baby and a fan look on.

A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono gathering green leaves into baskets in a grassy field, with a child crouching nearby.

Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

1801

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing with a ball on a veranda, with a child and a blossoming plum branch nearby.

New Year's Games, from the printed book Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shiki no hana)

1801

Woodblock print of women watching a performer with a drum, a standing woman in patterned kimono, and cranes near a pine tree.

Girls Entertained by Performers, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

1801

Woodblock print of women working in a kitchen beside a wooden steamer, kettle and brazier, with rising steam.

Kitchen Scene

ca. 1794-95

Woodblock print of women in kimono on a veranda leaning over a railing to view cherry blossoms, with parasols below.

Viewing Cherry Blossoms

1790

Triptych woodblock print of women bathing and fishing on a rocky shore with stylized waves, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Girl Fishers and Bathers

1791

Japanese print of women in kimono wading in the sea before a rising red sun between two rocks linked by a sacred rope.

Women Worshipping the Rising Sun between the Twin Rocks at Ise

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women gathering abalone on a rocky shore beside woven baskets and waves.

The Awabi Fishers

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono and a man by a river with mountains and birds.

Women and a Man in the Country; Some pageant(?)

Triptych woodblock print of women and children by a stream, with flowering shrubs and rushing water.

Women and Children on the Banks of a Stream

Triptych print of three courtesans in patterned kimono with chrysanthemums and latticed screens, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Three Intoxicated Courtesans

1790s

Woodblock print of two boatmen poling a boat on a snowy river past a shrine and pine trees.

Book of Ehon Ginsekai (The World in Silver)

1754-1806

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women working on fishing boats with nets beneath a crowded wooden bridge over a river

Fishing Boats with Nets under Ryōgoku Bridge

1790s

Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono in an intimate embrace, with calligraphy and household objects around them.

Erotic Print

Triptych print of women in kimono at a ferry landing with parasol, boats, and a distant mountain and village.

At the Ferry Boat Landing

c. 1804

Triptych woodblock print of figures sheltering from heavy rain under umbrellas and hats beside a tree and grass.

Sheltering from a Sudden Shower

c. 1799/1800

Woodblock print of bridge pillars in rippling water, a red sunset between crossbeams, shoreline trees and boat masts in the d

Pillars of Eitai Bridge

1785

Seven-panel Japanese woodblock print of a procession of women with parasols, banners, a horse and palanquin.

Yoshiwara Impromptu

c. 1797/98

Diptych woodblock print of women in patterned kimono working in a kitchen beside a wooden steamer, kettle and stove.

Kitchen Scene

c. 1794/95

Triptych print of women at a banquet in an interior, with lattice screens, a lake landscape and pine branches behind.

Chinese Beauties at a Banquet

1788/90

Utamaro woodblock triptych of women in kimono around a carriage beneath cherry blossoms, with a railed veranda at right.

An Imperial Carriage

c. 1801/04

Triptych woodblock print of women on boats beneath and beside a wooden bridge over a river, by Utamaro.

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita)

c. 1795/96

Triptych woodblock print of women fishing with a scoop net from a boat and riverside platform, with fish and river waves.

The Scoop-Net

c. 1800/01

Triptych print of women cleaning a house on a veranda, with a broom, bamboo screen, lanterns and a serving tray.

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

late 1790s

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda drying clothes, with infants, a cat, and Mount Fuji in the distanc

Drying Clothes (Monohoshi)

c. 1790

Triptych Japanese print of women and men in kimono relaxing in a garden under a pine tree and on a veranda.

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden

c. 1788/90

Japanese print of a hairy caterpillar on morning glory vines, with a bee nest and flying bee beside calligraphy text.

Caterpillar and Bees

1788

Triptych woodblock print of women cleaning a Japanese house, sweeping, carrying tea and hanging lanterns.

House cleaning in preparation for the New Year

c. 1797/99

Japanese woodblock diptych of women in kimono serving tea in a tatami room with lanterns and a garden view.

Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai…

c. 1794/95

Colour woodblock print of a green lion dance costume with red mask, watched by women on a balcony and performers in the stree

Leeuwendans

1790

Triptych woodblock print of women playing shamisen and a child in patterned kimono, labeled Momotaro, Urashimataro and Kintar

Kintaro, Urashimataro, and Momotaro, from the triptych "Set of Three Sake Cups for the First Month (Tarozuki mitsugum…

c. 1800/01