Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro

A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakutō, 1804

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

38.1 × 76.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-211778

Kitagawa Utamaro

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

color woodblock print

36.6 × 24.5 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-212335

Kitagawa Utamaro

Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession, 1806

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

38.7 × 76.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-216655

Kitagawa Utamaro

Ginjuro's Wife Oyumi from the Play "Whirlpools of Awa" (Awa no naruto, Ginjuro nyobo Oyumi), from the series "Bamboo Nodes in Puppet Theater Designs (Ayatsuri moyo take no hitofushi)", 1806

Color woodblock print; oban

38.3 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885591

Kitagawa Utamaro

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

color woodblock print

35.6 × 23.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-223294

Kitagawa Utamaro

Women Preparing Sashimi, 1806–20

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

38.1 × 25.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-228444

Kitagawa Utamaro

A Courtesan, 1807

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

36 × 25.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-244137

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest, 8th month, 1789

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

23.5 × 37.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-250304

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Palace in the Moon, 8th month, 1789

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

23.8 × 37.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-250287

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Hisui of the Fan House (Ogiya uchi Hisui), from the series The Five Festivals Flower Competition (Gosechi hana awase), About 1789–1801

Color woodblock print; ôban (one sheet of a pentaptych)

37 × 24.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1140103

Kitagawa Utamaro

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku), About 1803

Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

38.5 × 74.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-191893

Kitagawa Utamaro

Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons, c. 1782

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

26.1 × 39.1 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-194396

Kitagawa Utamaro

Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers, left (Furyu hana no ka asobi, ge), c. 1783

Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych

38.1 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1140268

Kitagawa Utamaro

Elegant Pleasures: The Scent of Flowers, right (Furyu hana no ka asobi, jo), c. 1783

Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban diptych

38.1 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1140285

Kitagawa Utamaro

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge), c. 1783

Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych

38.1 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1140126

Kitagawa Utamaro

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden, c. 1788/90

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

38.7 × 26 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885391

Kitagawa Utamaro

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima, c. 1790

color woodblock print from a triptych

37.8 × 25.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-226364

Kitagawa Utamaro

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima, c. 1790

color woodblock print from a triptych

37.8 × 25.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-756863

Kitagawa Utamaro

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima, c. 1790

triptych of color woodblock prints

37.8 × 25.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-205740

Kitagawa Utamaro

Fishing at Iwaya on Enoshima, c. 1790

color woodblock print from a triptych

37.8 × 25.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-554412

Kitagawa Utamaro

Winter Scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, c. 1790

color woodblock print

32.8 × 22.6 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-225112

Kitagawa Utamaro

Girl Reading Letter while Mother and Child Gaze at Sparrows, c. 1791

Color woodblock print; aiban

31.7 × 22.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1117429

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Interesting Type (Omoshiroki so), from the series “Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women" ("Fujin sogaku juttai"), c. 1792/93

Color woodblock print; oban

36.9 × 25 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1123948

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)", c. 1792/93

Color woodblock print; oban

38.8 × 25.3 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-248219

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Reading a Letter, from the series Ten Classes of Women's Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon) (Fumi yomu onna), c. 1792/93

Color woodblock print; oban

39.2 × 26 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1111747

Kitagawa Utamaro

Takashima Ohisa, c. 1793

Color woodblock print; oban

37.4 × 24.9 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885377

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women, c. 1793

color woodblock print

36.9 × 25.4 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-190262

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Holding a Fan (from the series Ten Aspects of the Physiognomy of Women), c. 1793

color woodblock print

34.6 × 24.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-216422

Kitagawa Utamaro

Reflective Love, from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu) (Mono-omou koi)", c. 1793/94

Color woodblock print; oban

37.7 × 24.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-884132

Kitagawa Utamaro

Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka), c. 1793/94

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1117511

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Hinazuru of Chojiya with her Attendants Tsuruji and Tsuruno, c. 1794

color woodblock print

37.8 × 25.6 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-216466

Kitagawa Utamaro

Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashimaya Ohisa, and Naniwaya Okita, c. 1794

color woodblock print

37.5 × 25.4 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-208215

Kitagawa Utamaro

A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi"), c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print; oban

37.9 × 25.1 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206675

Kitagawa Utamaro

Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai Kuzuki)", c. 1794/95

Color woodblock prints; oban diptych

39.2 × 51.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-884964

Kitagawa Utamaro

Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Shimano), c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print; oban

37.7 × 24.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885589

Kitagawa Utamaro

High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran), c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print; oban

36.2 × 25.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885440

Kitagawa Utamaro

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryo kurabe) (Keizetsuro Hinazuru)", c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print; oban

39.2 × 26.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885278

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura, junimai tsuzuki), c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-195319

Kitagawa Utamaro

Takashima Ohisa, c. 1795

Color woodblock print; oban

38 × 25.8 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-206601

Kitagawa Utamaro

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)", c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban

38.6 × 26 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885228

Kitagawa Utamaro

Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places" ("Meisho koshikake hakkei"), c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban

37.1 × 24.2 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-248212

Kitagawa Utamaro

On top and beneath Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogokubashi no ue, shita), c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban hexaptych (one of a pair of triptychs)

38.4 × 25.4 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-885401

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb, c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban

39.2 × 26.6 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-884173

Kitagawa Utamaro

Woman Holding up a Piece of Fabric (Nuno o kazasu onna), c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban

37.5 × 25.5 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1111601

Kitagawa Utamaro

An Arrangement of Valerian and Chinese Bell Flowers, c. 1796

Color woodblock print; aiban

31.2 × 22 cm

Art Institute of Chicago

C24-1139952

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women), c. 1796

color woodblock print

36.2 × 23.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-495963

Kitagawa Utamaro

Catching Fireflies, c. 1796–97

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

38.2 × 76.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-203127

Kitagawa Utamaro

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center), c. 1796–97

Triptych: color woodblock print

38.2 × 76.8 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-197973