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Kitagawa Utamaro was a renowned Japanese artist known for his woodblock prints and his contribution to the ukiyo-e art movement. View Kitagawa Utamaro’s 1,997 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth ...
Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese Asian Antiquities artist who was born in 1753. Their work is currently being shown at Plains Art Museum in Fargo. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Art ...
A recently discovered painting by Kitagawa Utamaro (around 1753-1806) is due to go on show for the first time this week at the British Museum. The hanging scroll from around 1805-06 shows a ...
Kitagawa Utamaro (?–1806) was undoubtedly Japan’s greatest artist of bijinga (pictures of beautiful women) in the ukiyo-e genre, but like many working in ukiyo-e, it took some time for him to ...
The rediscovered "Young Woman Blowing a Glass Pipe (poppin)" portrait created by Kitagawa Utamaro is seen at the Tokyo National Museum in the capital's Taito Ward on May 12, 2025.
For the first time in nearly 140 years, three paintings by the legendary but mysterious Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) have been reunited at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler ...
Instead, the show highlights the controversy over their authorship, leaving us to ponder whether Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) himself might not be the masterly creation in question.
A part of Kitagawa Utamaro’s “Kaya no Tanoshimi” (1801-06, private collection), which is on display for the duration of the exhibition. (Provided by the Hosomi Museum) ...
So turn to a Japanese erotic print, such as Kitagawa Utamaro's Lovers. Social ceremony with its rules and role-playing does not stop at the bedroom door.