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Kitagawa Utamaro - Two Women by a Bamboo Blind

Two Women by a Bamboo Blind (c. 1797 or 1798)

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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Kingyo – Goldfish (1793-1804)

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Women by a Palanquin (from the series Chinese and Japanese Poems by Seven Year Old Girls of Recent Times) (late 1790s)

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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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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)

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