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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Painting of a standing woman in a gray kimono looking down at two puppies at her feet against a plain tan background.

Woman with Puppies

1801/4

Hanging scroll of two women under an umbrella walking through a snowstorm, with snow-covered ground in the foreground.

Two girls under umbrella in snowstorm

1800

Hanging scroll of a standing courtesan in a white kimono beside a kneeling child in a black floral robe.

Standing Prostitute and Kamuro

1805

Hanging scroll of a woman in a patterned kimono and pink headscarf holding a staff, beside a flower basket.

Female Immortal

1790

Woman lifting a child toward plum blossoms, with a second woman watching, in a Japanese woodblock print with calligraphy.

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent T…

late 1790s

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

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

Contemporary Beauties Third

1753-1806

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 woman in a patterned kimono and a man in a pale robe walking together in evening rain under an umbrella.

Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World

ca. 1800

Triptych print of women and a child catching fireflies at dusk beneath willow branches, with fans and kimono.

Catching fireflies (Hotaru gari)

ca. 1796-97

Woodblock print of a courtesan in patterned kimono walking with two attendants under cherry blossom branches.

The Oiran Kasugano of Ōgiya on Parade

ca. 1788

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a woman with hair pins holding a child in orange kimono, with a reclining man below.

Sankatsu and Hanshichi

ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle and a child reaching up to her robe, with teal cloth behind.

Woman and Child

ca. 1795

Japanese woodblock print of two women and a baby playing on the floor, one woman holding a blossom-decorated fan.

Two Women with a Baby who is Playing on the Floor

ca. 1793

Vertical ukiyo-e print of a woman in a pink kimono with gold hair ornaments carrying a child on her back.

Choemon Carrying Ohan on His Back

c. 1801

Japanese woodblock print of a standing courtesan in a bamboo-patterned kimono beside a kneeling attendant tending a brazier.

A Courtesan and her Attendant

c. 1803/04

Japanese woodblock print of two women, one holding a black lacquered mirror and one kneeling with a lacquer tray.

Two Ladies, Each with a Portion of a Lacquered Mirror

1790s

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono, one with a yellow-brimmed hat and hair ornaments, by Utamaro.

O Shichi and Kichisaburo

ca. 1780

Woodblock print of a man holding a patterned ball above a young woman in a red kimono with blossoms.

Man and Young Woman with a Ball

Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman and a kneeling child with a round fan beside an incense burner.

Mother and Child at Dusk (Oyako yugure), from the series "Three Evening Pleasure of the Floating World (Ukiyo san seki)"

c. 1800

Woodblock print of a man and woman in patterned kimonos sheltering from rain beneath an umbrella, c. 1800.

Husband and Wife Caught in an Evening Shower (Fufu no Yudachi), from the series "Three Evening Pleasures of the Float…

c. 1800

Woodblock print of a standing woman in a pink kimono beside a kneeling attendant with a round fan, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Northern Quarter (Hokkoku), from the series "Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tosei bijin sanyu)"

c. 1800

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

Yoshiwara Impromptu

c. 1797/98

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

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hairstyles and an umbrella, with a man in a dark robe beside them.

Koharu of the Kinokuniya and Kamiya Jihei

c. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a robed figure lifting a wooden tray above his head beside a lattice window, with a kneeling armo

Sato Shirobei Tadanobu (Sato Shirobei Tadanobu)

c. 1776-80

Japanese woodblock print of two kabuki actors in kimono before a latticed building, one holding a sword, with a calligraphic

Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Nakayama Tomisaburo, the left hand sheet of a triptych entitled “Six Actors Likened to the I…

c. 1784

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

Japanese woodblock print of a woman in patterned kimono with a fan, looking down at a crouching child beside a kneeling atten

Mother and Child

c. 1800

Woodblock print of a woman with a fishing rod and a man leaning over a boat, his reflection in the water below.

Fishing beneath a Bridge

c. 1800

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one holding a paper lantern and the other a striped parasol, against a grey backgroun

Geisha (Geigi), from the series “Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties" ("Tosei bijin san’yu")

c. 1800

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

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a courtesan with ornate hair pins, hand to cheek, in a patterned kimono.

The Courtesan Komurasaki of the Tamaya

c. 1801

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two figures in kimono with elaborate hairstyles, by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800.

Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo (Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo)

c. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of two women walking under a parasol, one in a red floral kimono, by Kitagawa Utamaro.

Oume en Kumenosuke

1800

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

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

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of two women with ornate hairpins, one in a dragon-patterned kimono, with calligraphy at up

The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya

c. 1797

Ukiyo-e print of a woman with ornate hairpins in a pink kimono beside a man in a gray patterned robe.

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

c. 1800

Woodblock print of a long-haired woman offering a chestnut burr to a reaching young boy against a pale background.

Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them

c. 1804/05

Narrow vertical woodblock print of a woman in a checkered red kimono and black hood beside a figure holding an umbrella.

The Courtesan Umegawa and Chubei from the Courier Service (Umegawa, Chubei)

c. 1797

Woodblock print of a long-haired woman offering chestnuts to a red-skinned child who reaches up beside her.

Yamauba holding chestnuts and Kintarō

1796

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

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