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Kitagawa Utamaro - Daimyō and his Retinue Crossing a Stream in Plain Near Fuji

Daimyō and his Retinue Crossing a Stream in Plain Near Fuji (1753-1806)

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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The Courtesan Hana-ogi of Ogiya as the Sennin Tekkai (from the series Eight Immortals of Sensuality) (mid 1790s)

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Chushingura: Act VI of The Storehouse of Loyalty

Chushingura: Act VI of The Storehouse of Loyalty (late 1790s)

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Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Ten physiognomic types of women, Coquettish type

Ten physiognomic types of women, Coquettish type

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Courtesans of the Ōgiya Brothel on Display (1806)

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Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times)

Mother Lifting a Child to a Plum Tree (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times) (late 1790s)

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Two Women with Children at the Seashore (ca. 1800–1806)

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An Attractive Woman Who Looks Like the Actor Iwai Hanshiro V (1806)

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Winter Scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Winter Scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (c. 1790)

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Kami-yui – Hairdresser (1793-1804)

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A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyōbō), from the series A Guide to Women’s Contemporary Styles (Tōsei onna fūzoku tsū) (c. 1801-2)

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Mimeguri no dote – The embankment at Mimeguri

Mimeguri no dote – The embankment at Mimeguri (1793-1804)

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Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya House

Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya House (1793)

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The Calligraphy Lesson

The Calligraphy Lesson (circa 1803)

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