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Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) | Artheon Museum

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Kitagawa Utamaro

1753–1806

Nationality: Japan

Born: 1753, Kawagoe

Died: 1806, Edo

Gender: male

Movements

ukiyo-e

Occupations

ukiyo-e artist

painter

graphic artist

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Biography

Japanese, ca. 1754–1806

Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons

Notable Works

Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami
Three Beauties of the Present Day

Artworks

248 artworks

唐獅子図の衝立 |Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion

1786

Men’s Stomping Dances (Otoko tōka) 男踏歌

1798, spring (Kan'sei 10)

Gifts of the Ebb Tide (The Shell Book) (Shiohi no tsuto) 潮干のつと(都登)

probably 1789

狂月坊|Moon-Mad Monk (Kyōgetsubō) 狂月坊

1789

春の色|The Colors of Spring (Haru no iro) 春の色

preface dated 1794

青楼繪本年中行事|Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) 青楼繪本年中行事

1804

青楼繪本年中行事|Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) 青楼繪本年中行事

1804

艶本婦多柱|Picture Book of the Hitachi Obi (Enpon futahashira) 艶本婦多柱

ca. 1803

絵本四季花|Picture Book on Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana) 絵本四季花

1801

和歌夷|The Young God Ebisu (Waka ebisu) 和歌夷

1789

画本虫撰|Picture Book of Selected Insects (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami) 画本虫撰

1788

Courtesan, Shinohara and Kamuro of Tsuruya

late 18th century

Fishing

late 18th century

Teahouse girl and servant: Snow from the series Comparison of Snow, Moon and Flower Beauty

late 18th century

銀世界|The Silver World (Gin sekai)

preface dated 1790

『百千鳥狂歌合』|Myriad Birds:A Playful Poetry Contest (Momo chidori kyōka-awase), 2 vols.

1790