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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Woodblock print of a comic male poet in black robe sticking out his tongue beside two women in patterned kimono.

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

c. 1804/05

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a glass bowl of goldfish, the other reaching toward a basin of fish.

Goldfish

c. 1794/95

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with ornate hair looking down at a child in a patterned blue and green kimono.

Mother Nursing Child

c. 1806/31

Woodblock print of three kneeling women in kimono, one passing an object to another, with calligraphy at upper right.

Uur van het schaap: Toekomst voorspellen

1793

Japanese woodblock print of a long-haired woman in a patterned kimono with a boy and grey animal, plus inset scene.

Kintoki en Yamauba

1793

Woman in headscarf seated on grass smoking a pipe beside a teapot and basket, Japanese woodblock print.

Rijst plantend meisje

1800

Courtisane Hitomoto uit het Daimonjiya huis

1795

Woodblock print of a courtesan with decorated hair reading a letter, with a fan-shaped landscape vignette above.

Courtisane en de Toi Tama rivier

1795

Japanese woodblock print of two women on a veranda beside a yellow flowering yamabuki shrub, one in a black patterned robe.

Twee vrouwen bij een bloeiende yamabuki struik: de tweede akte

1795

Woodblock print of a courtesan with elaborate hairpins and patterned kimono, with a fan-shaped landscape vignette in the uppe

Courtisane en de Ide Juwelen rivier

1795

Woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono, one holding a sword aloft, with pine trees behind a garden railing.

Courtisane een hoveling imiterend

1795

Woodblock print of blooming plum branches rising from a low wooden stand over water, with black calligraphy beside it.

Pruimentakken

1808

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of mandarin ducks on a rock beside water with reeds, colored red and black.

Twee mandarijneenden

1808

Monochrome print of chrysanthemums in a dragon-decorated vase on a cloud base, with loose blossoms to the right.

Chrysanten in vaas

1808

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a teal kimono tying thread beside a sewing box and spool.

Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" ("Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami")

c. 1797/98

Woodblock print of a seated woman in a patterned kimono beside a lacquer box, with a shoreline vignette above.

Ichikawa of the Matsubaya

1790

Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan and young attendant holding an infant, with elaborate hairstyles and kimono.

Shinohara of the Tsuruya, kamuro Wakaba and Chieda

1805

Japanese woodblock print of two women in kimono in a circular frame, with a snowy mountain and pine trees behind them.

Act eight [of the Chūshingura]

1799

Japanese woodblock print in a circular frame: a woman, a dark-robed man holding a bundle, and an elderly man in pink kimono.

Act eleven [of the Chūshingura]

1799

Ukiyo-e print of a seated courtesan in patterned kimono beside a bronze vase of plum blossoms, with an inset interior scene.

The Courtesan Karakoto of the house of Chōji-ya at New Years

1795

Circular Japanese woodblock print of three figures, a woman in front, a man in a green patterned robe, and a figure peering f

Act seven [of the Chūshingura]

1799

Circular Japanese woodblock print showing a woman with a sword, an older man in green, and a woman with ornate hairpins.

Act two [of the Chushingura]

1799

Three figures in black floral kimono carry a large round lantern sign beside a red placard, in a Japanese woodblock print.

Small festival lantern

1779

Japanese woodblock print of three figures in a circle: a woman with an ornate hairpin and two men in striped robes.

Act six [of the Chūshingura]

1799

Ukiyo-e print of a woman in a plum-patterned kimono looking down at a young man touching his chin.

The Joruri characters, Oume and Kumenosuke

1799

Japanese woodblock print of a hooded woman beside a sliding screen, with two men looking up at a sword-holding actor.

Act ten [of the Chūshingura]

1799

Woodblock print of a woman watching a child hold an oni demon mask, with a second figure behind and a Japanese title at upper

Ten erotic names

1801

Woman smoking a pipe

1791

Woollen-robed courtesan in black and teal kimono with ornate hair combs, standing in a Japanese woodblock print.

The courtesan Takihashi of Ōgi-ya

1800

Woodblock print of armored warrior Benkei standing beside a crouching demon playing a samisen, with calligraphy.

Souvenir Print from Ōtsu: Benkei with Weaponry and a Demon with a Samisen

1800

Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono within a circular frame, one holding a sword beside a green patterned screen.

Act nine [of the Chūshingura]

1799

Japanese woodblock print of a woman and a man with a red fan inside a circular frame, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799.

Act three [of the Chūshingura]

1799

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