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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Wisteria Maiden with an Ōtsu Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Monk, from the series Souvenir Paintings from Ōtsu, Stocked in Edo (Edo Shi-ire Ōtsu Miyage)

1802 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

1801 · Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sheet: 39.1 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ehon enbusugata

1798 · color woodcut on paper

height: 152 cm, width: 106 cm

Rijksmuseum

Ehon enbusugata - ge

1798 · color woodcut on paper

width: 106 cm, height: 1651 cm

Rijksmuseum

“Preparing Food for the Warbler,” from the album Men’s Stamping Dance (Otoko dōka, uguisu no esa suri)

1798 · Page from a woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

8 1/2 x 14 in. (21.6 x 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ehon enbusugata - chu

1798 · color woodcut on paper

width: 106 cm, height: 152 cm

Rijksmuseum

Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"

1797 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.1 × 26.2 cm (15 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

1796 · Triptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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