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Kitagawa Utamaro

Japanese, 1753-1806
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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.

Little is known of Utamaro's life. His work began to appear in the 1770s, and he rose to prominence in the early 1790s with his portraits of beauties with exaggerated, elongated features. He produced over 2000 known prints and was one of the few ukiyo-e artists to achieve fame throughout Japan in his lifetime. In 1804 he was arrested and manacled for fifty days for making illegal prints depicting the 16th-century military ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and died two years later.

Utamaro's work reached Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influenced the European Impressionists, particularly with his use of partial views and his emphasis on light and shade, which they imitated. The reference to the "Japanese influence" among these artists often refers to the work of Utamaro.

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Woman with Thread (late 18th century – ca. 1806)

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The Hairdresser (1790)

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Wandering Women (circa 1790)

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The Widow of Asahiya (between 1795 and 1796)

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Hinakoto of Hyōgorō (circa 1795)

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Rikomono (Know-it-all) (1767-1806)

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Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya House (1793)

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Hairdresser (Kamiyui) (c.1797-98)

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The Courtesan Ichikawa of the Matsuba Establishment (1796)

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Two Beauties with Bamboo (circa 1795)

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