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)
Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Catalogue
- Year
- 1802
- Dimensions
- 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro
Artist
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.
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- Kitagawa Utamaro
- Year
- 1802
- Dimensions
- 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1802-526637
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified