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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Ukiyo-e woodblock print of a woman in a green kimono with a bamboo staff beside a companion with a topknot.

Woman Representing Good Fortune

1753-1806

Woodblock print of two women in kimono by a stream with a crouching child, flowering shrub behind them.

Yamashiro Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)

c. 1804

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono, one with decorated hairpins and a red checkered robe, the other with floral

Making Love

1753-1806

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one with a black hood and umbrella, the other carrying a lantern.

Contemporary Beauties Third

1753-1806

Woodblock print of a woman leaning over a man holding a fan, both in patterned kimono with elaborate hair ornaments.

Man and Woman

1753-1806

Woodblock print of a woman reading at a lacquer table, dreaming of a wedding procession with palanquin and attendants.

Courtesan Dreaming of a Marriage Procession

late 1790s

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair writing with a brush on a scroll, beside a hand mirror cartouche.

Woman Writing

1753-1806

Japanese woodblock print of two women in floral kimono, with calligraphy and a coastal landscape vignette at upper right.

Nakatsu, from the series Fifty-three Stations in the Life of a Beauty

c. 1803

Woman kneeling to hold a garment for a standing man beside a stacked box, Japanese woodblock print by Utamaro.

Seven Komachi Episodes: A Woman Holding an Outer Garment for a Man

1754-1806

Woman of the Yoshiwara

1753-1806

Woodblock print of three women by a river with a shrub and dragonfly, Japanese, c. 1804.

Musashi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)

c. 1804

Diptych Japanese woodblock print of robed warriors and a white horse in a snowy pine landscape with mountains.

Winter Scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

c. 1790

Woodblock print of two courtesans in half-length, one holding a patterned fan, with ornate hair combs and kimono.

Half-length Portrait of Two Courtesans

1753-1806

Three women washing cloth by a wooden tub beside a flowing river, with a mountain in the distance, in a Japanese woodblock pr

Settsu Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)

c. 1804

Woodblock print of a kneeling courtesan with a fan beside a standing attendant holding a painted picture, on a golden ground.

The Courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya as the Sennin Tekkai (from the series Eight Immortals of Sensuality)

mid 1790s

Woodblock print of a woman with an upswept hairstyle applying red lip color with a small brush.

A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyōbō), from the series A Guide to Women's Contemporary Styles (Tōsei onna fūzoku…

c. 1801-2

Ukiyo-e print of a man raising a staff while another restrains him, with two kneeling women and a small inset scene.

Chushingura: Act III of The Storehouse of Loyalty

late 1790s

Three women in patterned kimono on a veranda with a black parasol and pink blossoms below, Japanese woodblock print.

Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime

1753-1806

Woodblock print of women on a veranda hanging laundry, with rooftops, a distant mountain, pine and bamboo below.

Women Hanging Laundry to Dry on a Balcony

early 1790s

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two figures embracing, one with a pink ribbon in her hair and a striped kimono.

The Lovers Ohan and Choemon (from the series Joruri Ballads in the Tokiwazu and Tomimoto Styles)

early or mid 1800s

Woodblock print of a courtesan with gold hairpins in a pink kimono, reading a long handwritten letter she holds unrolled.

The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter (from the series A Selection of Six Authors in the Green Houses)

late 1790s

Woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a crane-patterned kimono beside a kneeling attendant, by Utamaro.

The Courtesan Misyama of Chojiya (from the series Eight Views of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses)

early 1790s

Woodblock print of a woman with long loose hair touching her head, holding a blue fan with plant motifs.

Bust of Woman with Loose Hair Holding Fan

1753-1806

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with a hawk, a standing attendant with a sword, and a seated samurai by a box near water.

Daimyō and his Retinue Crossing a Stream in Plain Near Fuji

1753-1806

Japanese woodblock print of three women in kimono beside a rushing river, with shrubs at left.

Omi Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)

c. 1804

Japanese woodblock print of women on a veranda overlooking a pine-lined embankment and distant town at dusk.

Moonrise Over the Nihon Embankment and the Yoshiwara

1790

Woodblock print of a seated courtesan in a red crane-patterned kimono with a young attendant in blue beside her.

Ichikawa of Matsubaya with Minomo and Tamamo

1753-1806

Woodblock print of three women in kimono beside tall inscribed paper lanterns and a large lion mask.

Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geis…

1783

Ukiyo-e print of three women on a veranda with a tea kettle and brazier, with a poem and signature in the upper right.

Love in Rain, Snow and Hail (Ame yuki arare ni yosuru koi)

c. 1785

Woodblock print of a woman with pinned black hair holding a brush and scroll, wearing an orange blossom-patterned kimono.

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

c. 1795/96

Triptych woodblock print of a cherry blossom banquet with kimono-clad women, men, and attendants beneath flowering trees.

Cherry Blossom Banquet (Oka no utage)

n.d.

Triptych print of women and a child on a riverbank at night, with a wooden bridge and boats on the river behind them.

Women watching fireworks at Sumida River

c. 1795/96