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Kitao Shigemasa

74 works

Browse 74 works by Kitao Shigemasa from 8 museums, free to download in HD.

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Hanging scroll of two standing women in kimono, one holding a shamisen and the other reading an open songbook.

Two girls standing, one holding an open book

1615

Hanging scroll of a seated man attended by a woman and a kneeling servant beside a red-cushioned low table, with a plum branc

A courtesan helping a man to dress

1615

Hanging scroll of two women on a veranda in kimono, with a calm sea and hills beyond the railing.

Two girls on a balcony overlooking the sea

1615

Painting of women bathing, washing laundry and grooming in a courtyard bathhouse under red-tiled roofs.

Women's Bathhouse and Laundry

Mid-18th to early 19th century

Hanging scroll of two standing women in kimono beneath vertical columns of Japanese calligraphy on silk.

Two Beauties

late 1700s-early 1800s

Hanging scroll of a dancer in a blue robe and striped black hat, raising a folding fan against a tan background.

Sanbasō Dancer

Woodblock print of a seated child in a floral robe playing a hand drum beneath a pine tree with bamboo.

Doll Playing a Hand Drum

1770s

Two women wash cloth by a river beside a wooden tub, with irises and rocks in the background, in a Japanese woodblock print.

The Chofu Tama River in Musashi Province (from the series The Six Tama Rivers of the Floating World)

c. 1770

Woodblock print of a standing kabuki actor in patterned robes holding a book beneath a pine branch, with calligraphy.

Ichikawa Raizo as Abe no Seimei

early 1760s

Vertical Japanese woodblock print of a priest with a staff gazing at Mount Fuji across rippling water.

Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji

c. 1770s

Print of white, red and orange chrysanthemums along the bottom with three butterflies floating above on a pale background.

Three Types of Chrysanthemums

c. 1790

Japanese woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a patterned kimono holding a lantern, with calligraphy above.

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Owata in the play "Taiheiki Shizunome Furisode," performed at the Nakamura Theater in…

1767

Woodblock print of two standing women in patterned kimono with elaborate hair ornaments, one holding folded paper.

Beauties of the East

ca. 1782

Woodblock print of two women in kimono, one seated with a fan and pipe, one standing and fixing her hair.

Picture of the Eastern Beauties

ca. 1782

Japanese woodblock print of two boys dressed as Daikoku and Ebisu, one holding a red sea bream on a rod, by Kitao Shigemasa.

Boys Maquerading as Daikoku and Ebisu

ca. 1780

Japanese woodblock print of boys performing a puppet show with costumed figures, a plum branch, and a bird in an interior.

Young Boys Performing a Puppet Show

ca. 1770

Japanese woodblock print of three boys playing with a basin holding a turtle, goldfish, and a fish held aloft.

Boys Playing with a Basin of Fish and Turtles

early 19th century

Woodblock print of red patterned lacquer seal ink box, carved stone, grey seal and stamped paper with calligraphy.

Seals and a Carved Lacquer Container for Seal Ink

1817

Japanese print of courtiers in formal robes leading a white horse past a wooden veranda and a pine tree.

Hakuba no Sechie

Japanese print of courtiers on a wooden veranda with plum blossoms, a reading figure, and a standing woman in patterned robes

An Incident from the Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)

ca. 1790

Woman in a green kimono carrying a tray of red fish on her head, with Japanese calligraphy above.

Woman Carrying a Tray of Fish on her Head

1790

Woodblock print of Hotei holding a gourd with a young boy in a pink robe looking up at him.

Young Boy Beseeching Hotei

late 18th century

Japanese print of a blossoming plum tree with a gnarled trunk, white and red flowers, and calligraphy with red seals.

Plum Tree in Blossom

1813

Woodblock print of a figure in a floral kimono beside a stylized pine branch, with a Japanese inscription.

A Famous Actor of Women's Roles

ca. 1764

Japanese woodblock print of two courtly figures in red robes beside a red maple tree, with a veranda and calligraphy above.

The Maple Festival (Momiji no ga) from chapter 7 of The Tale of Genji

early 1760s

Woodblock print of a figure with umbrella and lantern beside a red torii gate and pine trees in falling rain.

Night Rain at a Shrine

early 1760s

Woodblock print of two figures on a riverbank under an autumn moon, with pines, willows, a pavilion and boats on the Sumida R

Autumn Moon over Sumida River (Sumida aki zuki), from the series "Eight Views of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hakkei)"

early 1760s

Woodblock print of two women and a man in a sunlit room, one woman's arm being tended, the man smoking a long pipe.

Servant Applying Medicinal to Geisha's Arm

late 18th century

Japanese woodblock print of a river festival with lantern-decorated boats, a red bridge, and crowds along the riverside.

Landscape; Showing Water Festival with Lanterns

Woodblock print of a seated young man in a patterned pink kimono holding a fan, with a sword at his waist.

A Boy Singer

Woodblock print of a young man with an umbrella watching a frog by a stream under drooping willow branches.

Ono no Dofu as a Young Man Watching a Frog Jumping at a Willow Branch

Woodblock print of a kabuki actor in a red kimono holding a yellow parasol beside a snowy fence and blossoming tree.

Arashi Otohachi I as a Famous Comedian

ca. 1766