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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Women in kimono on a seaside veranda with lanterns, a folding screen and sailing boats on the sea beyond.

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami

1800

Painting of a kneeling woman in a red striped kimono gazing at a vase with a flowering plum branch on a lacquer stand.

Woman Making a Flower Arrangement

1802

Women in kimono gather on a seaside veranda with lanterns, a bonsai pine, and sailboats on the water beyond.

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami

1750

Women in kimono on a snowy wooden veranda beside a snow-covered pine tree, with sliding screens and interior figures.

Utamaro (c. 1788-91) Fukagawa no Yuki

1788

Woodblock print of women and children in kimono indoors, snow falling outside, with a hanging scroll and calligraphy on the w

Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

c. 1782

Triptych print of women and a child catching fireflies at dusk beneath willow trees, with round fans and reeds.

Catching Fireflies

c. 1796-97

Triptych print of women fishing with a large net at night on a river, with a boat, platform and lanterns.

Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River

c. 1800

Triptych print of court ladies in kimono seated in a palace interior with crane screens and drummers.

Scene Adapted from the play The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)

late 1790s

Three-panel Japanese woodblock print of women and a child by a river with a wooden bridge and boats at dusk.

Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River

c. 1797-98

Triptych print of women in kimono fishing and strolling on rocky shores with boats, sails, and distant mountains.

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima

c. 1790

Triptych woodblock print of a travel procession past pine trees with Mount Fuji rising behind them.

Procession at the Foot of Mount Fuji

1792 or 1793

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 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

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

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

Triptych woodblock print of women in kimono walking beneath blossoming trees by a stone wall, with calligraphic signs.

Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine (Mimeguri jinja no onkaichō)

1799

Woodblock triptych of elegant women in patterned kimono accompanying a palanquin with a yellow parasol.

Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession

1806

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 women in kimono on a wooden bridge with parasols, fans, and a mother holding a baby.

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge

ca. 1800

Japanese woodblock print of a green lion dance in a courtyard, watched by women on a veranda, with children and pine tree.

The Lion Dance

1789

Japanese woodblock print of seated spectators watching a performer in red robes while musicians play in a screened interior r

Seeing a Performance

1789

Triptych print of women painting, writing, and arranging flowers in a traditional interior with a garden and pine trees.

The Four Accomplishments (Kinkishoga)

ca. 1788-90

Woodblock print of merrymakers on a veranda beside a pine tree, with figures walking along a riverbank toward a distant town.

A Party of Merrymakers in a House in the Yoshiwara on a Moonlight Night

1789

Monochrome print of tiered palace pavilions with a flag, and two robed figures walking across a long wooden bridge.

The Palace in the Moon

8th month, 1789

Woodblock print of a woman washing at a stream under a full moon, with a family outside a thatched house and distant mountain

The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest

8th month, 1789

Triptych woodblock print of elegantly dressed Japanese women in kimono with ornate hairpins against a pale landscape.

Narihira's Journey to the East

ca. 1797

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of courtly women and attendants under cherry trees, with a seated man and a parasol.

A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakutō

1804

Triptych print of women at a merry evening party, playing koto and shamisen, a board game, and sweets before a pine screen.

A Merry Evening Party

ca. 1805

Triptych woodblock print of women picking persimmons from a tree beside a bamboo lattice gate, in kimono.

Picking Persimmons (Kaki-mogi)

ca. 1802-4

Japanese print of conch, clam and other seashells scattered on sand, with calligraphic verses written above.

Shells under Water

1790

Woodblock print of women in kimono playing a shell game on a veranda beside a peony screen and pine bonsai.

Girls Playing a Game with Shells

1790