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Kitagawa Utamaro - Seven Komachi Episodes: A Woman Holding an Outer Garment for a Man

Seven Komachi Episodes: A Woman Holding an Outer Garment for a Man (1754-1806)

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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Woman with Attendants

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

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
The Courtesan Misyama of Chojiya (from the series Eight Views of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses)

The Courtesan Misyama of Chojiya (from the series Eight Views of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses) (early 1790s)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Woman with Scroll

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

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Drying and Stretching Cloth

Drying and Stretching Cloth (circa 1797-1798)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
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)
Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty

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

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll

Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll (1753-1806)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Hinakoto of Hyōgorō

Hinakoto of Hyōgorō (circa 1795)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Woman Reading a Letter (from the series Seven Episodes in the Life of Komachi in the Floating World)

Woman Reading a Letter (from the series Seven Episodes in the Life of Komachi in the Floating World) (1806)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Woman of the Yoshiwara with Girl

Woman of the Yoshiwara with Girl (1753-1806)

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

Ten physiognomic types of women, Coquettish type

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Women Hanging Laundry to Dry on a Balcony

Women Hanging Laundry to Dry on a Balcony (early 1790s)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Wandering Women

Wandering Women (circa 1790)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Rat and Horse

Rat and Horse (ca. 1800–1801)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Two Women Walking by a Stream Directed by Boy

Two Women Walking by a Stream Directed by Boy (late 18th century – ca. 1806)

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
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