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Kitagawa Utamaro - Musashi, Omi, Yamashiro, and Settsu Provinces from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)

Musashi, Omi, Yamashiro, and Settsu Provinces from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa) (c. 1804)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
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The Artist died in 1806 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.

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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Fishing with a Four-Armed Scoop-net (Yotsu Deami) (center component of triptych) (late 18th century – ca. 1806)

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Woman Writing (1753-1806)

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Hanaōgi of Ōgiya from the series Picture Puzzles (c. 1797)

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Ten physiognomic types of women, Coquettish type

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Portrait of Beauty, Hanamurasaki at Tama-ya

Portrait of Beauty, Hanamurasaki at Tama-ya (late 18th century – ca. 1806)

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Procession at the Foot of Mount Fuji

Procession at the Foot of Mount Fuji (1792 or 1793)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers

Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers (c. 1801-2)

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Yaoya Oshichi, Koshô Kichisaburô, Dozaemon Denkichi – Oshichi the greengrocer’s daughter, Kichisaburô the boy-servant and Dozaemon Denkichi (1793-1804)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Woman Representing Good Fortune

Woman Representing Good Fortune (1753-1806)

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Contemporary Beauties Third (1753-1806)

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Souvenir Print from Ōtsu; Benkei with Weaponry and a Demon with a Samisen

Souvenir Print from Ōtsu; Benkei with Weaponry and a Demon with a Samisen (late 18th century)

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Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe (circa 1792-1793)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Fishing on the Chopping Board Rock at Enoshima

Fishing on the Chopping Board Rock at Enoshima (early 1790s)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Woodblock Printer, Distributing New Prints

Woodblock Printer, Distributing New Prints (1803)

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No Title (1753-1806)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
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