Artist
K
Kitagawa Utamaro
1753–1806
132130
Works
53
Years lived
Japanese (culture or style)
Style
Kitagawa’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Selected works
132130 pieces
Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Takashima Ohisa
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
![A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/ed82be98-8a83-4163-ccc4-e2f7210cce55/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
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)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places" ("Meisho koshikake hakkei")
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)"
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Abalone Divers
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Chinese Beauties at a Banquet
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Reflective Love, from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu) (Mono-omou koi)"
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Geisha (Geigi), from the series “Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties" ("Tosei bijin san’yu")
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai) (Kiseru)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai Kuzuki)"
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806