Ase o fuku onna (Woman Wiping Sweat), Ukiyo-e, 1798Takashima Ohisa using two mirrors to observe her coiffure
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) 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.
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock...
Fantasista Utamaro (born c. 1979) is a Japanese artist, art director, and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. He was born in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture...
35°32′04″N 139°43′29″E / 35.53444°N 139.72472°E / 35.53444; 139.72472 The Shinto Kanamara Matsuri (かなまら祭り, "Festival of the Steel Phallus") is an annual...
Utamaro and His Five Women a.k.a. Five Women Around Utamaro (Japanese: 歌麿をめぐる五人の女, Hepburn: Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna) is a 1946 Japanese historical...
della Via di Mercurio Kama Sutra – A Mughal couple performing doggy-style Utamaro, 1799 Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger Édouard-Henri Avril – Hadrian and Antinous...
on a fan held by a courtesan) or allusions in the work itself (such as Utamaro's empon entitled Utamakura). Edo period shunga sought to express a varied...
a genre of ukiyo-e paintings. Some of the greatest bijinga artists are Utamaro, Suzuki Harunobu and Torii Kiyonaga. Until the beginning of the 20th century...
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colour woodblock print from c. 1792–93 by Japanese ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806). The triangular composition depicts the profiles of three...
replicating color gradations. Most famously, he was the teacher of Kitagawa Utamaro and Utagawa Toyoharu. Sekien is best known for his mass-produced illustrated...
display a realism unusual for prints of the time—contemporaries such as Utamaro represented their subjects with an idealized beauty, while Sharaku did...
Shimizu 1946: Victory of Women (女性の勝利, Josei no shōri) 1946: Utamaro and His Five Women (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna) 1947: The Love of Sumako the Actress...
region of Japan 3249 Musashino, an asteroid Musashino (Utamaro), an ukiyo-e print set by Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798–99 "Musashino", a short story by Doppo Kunikida...
the end of the century with the works of such artists as Kiyonaga and Utamaro. As the Edo period came to an end a great diversity of genres proliferated:...
com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. 喜多川歌麿筆, Kitagawa Utamaro (1790s), "茶托を持つ難波屋おきた" [Okita of Naniwaya with a tea cup], Colbase – Tokyo...
Allyson, Lauritz Melchior, Jimmy Durante and Peter Lawford. Utamaro and His Five Women (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna) The Verdict Wake Up and Dream Wanted...
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