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Kitagawa Utamaro Prints

Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806) defined the ukiyo-e portrait of women. His large-head prints brought the viewer close enough to read a glance or a gesture, and gave the beauties of Edo individual faces and names.

Naniwaya Okita, from One Hundred Flower Arrangements by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman trims flower stems with small scissors in hand
Three Beauties at a Playhouse by Kitagawa Utamaro — Three women's heads rise one above another in a narrow column
Shiratama of Tamaya and Naniwaya Okita by Kitagawa Utamaro — Two celebrated beauties lean close, one holding a folding fan
Yamauba and Kintaro by Kitagawa Utamaro — Yamauba and young Kintarō hold up a smiling mask together
Lovers Behind a Screen by Kitagawa Utamaro — A man leans on a screen above a woman in a sheer hood
Peeping by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman holds a crawling baby as another's face shows in a mirror
Chojiya Hinazuru Hinamatsu by Kitagawa Utamaro — Two courtesans lean close, one half-hidden behind a round fan
Sakiwake Kotoba no Hana: Kakaa by Kitagawa Utamaro — A mother nurses her baby wrapped in an orange cloth
Woman Around the Clock at the Hour of the Monkey (4:00 PM) by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman in a pink head-cloth stands before a companion with a bundle
Segawa of Matsubaya by Kitagawa Utamaro — Segawa kneels on a veranda reaching down with a ladle and iris leaves
Six Beauties of Edo by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman holds a hairpin as her companion reads a book
After the Utamaro Fashion – Reading a Letter by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman with a long pipe pauses over an unrolled letter
Needlework by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman holds dotted fabric to the light as a child crawls below
Okita of Naniwaya, before a Brazier by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman stirs the coals of a brazier beside a bamboo screen
Gotenyama no Hanami Hidari by Kitagawa Utamaro — Three women gather beneath cherry blossoms above the bay
Yoshiwara Suzume by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman in a deep sedge hat holds an open chrysanthemum fan
Three Drunken Courtesans by Kitagawa Utamaro — Courtesans linger over sake in a room lined with flowers
Courtesans and Cherry Blossoms at the Daikokuya by Kitagawa Utamaro — Courtesans gather beneath cherry blossoms outside a teahouse
Women and Overnight Guests by Kitagawa Utamaro — Women prepare a mosquito net for overnight guests
Kyoden Invited to a Daimyo Mansion Party by Kitagawa Utamaro — Kimono-clad guests gather in a daimyo's mansion interior
Parody of Yoritomo Releasing Cranes by Kitagawa Utamaro — Elegant women re-enact a legendary crane release on a shore
At the Foot of Ryogoku Bridge by Kitagawa Utamaro — Elegant women stroll a riverside street near Ryogoku Bridge
Falconry at the Foot of Mount Fuji by Kitagawa Utamaro — A falconry party fords a stream at the foot of Mount Fuji
Naniwaya Okita, from Three Successful Girls of the Present Day (Kneeling) by Kitagawa Utamaro — A kneeling beauty in black silk beneath a votive plaque
Parody of Ushiwakamaru and Princess Joruri (Right Sheet) by Kitagawa Utamaro — Two women play music on a veranda as a third looks on
Niwaka Festival Performers at a Teahouse (left sheet) by Kitagawa Utamaro — Three women with a lacquered case and fans beside a candle stand
Niwaka Festival Performers at a Teahouse (centre sheet) by Kitagawa Utamaro — Teahouse guests gather beneath a band of flying cranes
Three Beauties of Matsubaro on Display: Wakamurasaki, Matsukaze, Utagawa by Kitagawa Utamaro — Three seated beauties beneath a towering phoenix
Sweet Flag in a Water Basin, from Eight Parody Views by Kitagawa Utamaro — Two women beside a water basin of sweet flag and goldfish
Autumn Moon of the Courtesan, from Eight Fashionable Views by Kitagawa Utamaro — A courtesan with a round fan stands by a companion writing a letter
Parody of Ushiwakamaru and Princess Joruri (centre sheet) by Kitagawa Utamaro — Four women gather on a veranda as one plays a shamisen
Umegae's Words by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman ladles tea into a bowl on a red lacquer tray
Mimasuyama of Chojiya as Lu Ao, from Eight Immortals in the Art of Love by Kitagawa Utamaro — A courtesan rides a giant sea turtle in a playful parody
Seyama of the Matsubaya, kamuro Iroka and Yukari, from the series Six Jewel Rivers by Kitagawa Utamaro — A courtesan leans over a kamuro beside a tiny tabletop
Dreaming Beauty (Umegae) by Kitagawa Utamaro — A beauty dreams behind a round fan as her dream appears
Niwaka Festival Performers at a Teahouse (Right Sheet) by Kitagawa Utamaro — Four women gather on a veranda as cranes fly overhead
Three Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro sanpukutsui) by Kitagawa Utamaro — Three courtesans gather with two covered shamisen
Komurasaki and Hanamurasaki of Tamaya by Kitagawa Utamaro — Two courtesans in patterned robes beneath a title cartouche
Habit of Slandering Others, from Seven Bad Habits by Kitagawa Utamaro — Two women lean close, one whispering behind an ornate coiffure
Chofu Jewel River, from Six Jewel Rivers by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman with unbound hair and gold pins holds a strip of cloth
Woman with Fan and Parasol, from Ten Physiognomies of Women by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman shelters beneath a tilted paper parasol
Koya Jewel River by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman holds a long pipe beside a fan-shaped river landscape
Wakaume of Tamaya, Edo-machi Itchome by Kitagawa Utamaro — A courtesan in a gold-and-pink kimono stands with a young attendant
Noda Jewel River by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman lifts the folds of her kimono beside a river fan
The Widow of Asahiya, from Six Famous Beauties by Kitagawa Utamaro — A bust portrait of a woman with an elaborate black coiffure
Kinuta Jewel River, from Six Jewel Rivers by Kitagawa Utamaro — A woman reads an unrolled letter beneath towering hairpins
Three Beauties of the Present Day: Okita, Toyohina, Ohisa by Kitagawa Utamaro — Three women's busts between columns of brushed poetry
Seven Beauties in a Contest of Attractiveness by Kitagawa Utamaro — Seven women's faces cluster together against a golden ground