Kitagawa Utamaro

In this Japanese name, the family name is Kitagawa.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806), also called Utamaro, was a Japanese artist. He was a master of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.

Career

Utamaro is known for his studies of women (bijinga). He also made nature studies.

His work was popular in Europe. He influenced artists in Europe who were called Impressionists.

Gallery

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  Two women inspecting silk

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  Young lady blowing on a poppin, 1790

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  Geisha playing the shamisen, 1803

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  Still life flowers, c. 1802-1806

Kitagawa Utamaro Media

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  Ase o fuku onna (Woman Wiping Sweat), Ukiyo-e, 1798

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  Takashima Ohisa using two mirrors to observe her coiffure

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  Ukiyo-e of yama-uba with blackened teeth and Kintarō (Yamanba and Kintaro Sakazuki series)

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  Utamaro's Fukaku Shinobu Koi (c. 1793–94) set an auction record of €745000 in 2016.

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  Women playing with the mirror, 1797

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  Hairdresser from the series Twelve types of women's handicraft

Other websites

• Kitagawa Utamaro Online
• Utamaro
• (from "Collection of Insects in Pictures") Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Kitagawa Utamaro at Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine