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Kitagawa Utamaro II åå¤å·æ麿 äºä»£ç® (died 1831?)
late 18th-early 19th century
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1899.16
Tags
Charles Lang Freer collectionEdo period (1615 - 1868)JapanJapanese Artcourtesankakemonomusicmusicianshamisenukiyo-e
About this artwork
Utamaro was one of the most prolific and talented artists of eighteenth-century Japan. His name is synonymous with evocative studies of women of the licensed brothel quarters. Approximately 1,900 woodblock print designs bear his name; his paintings are rarer. This painting was probably done in the final decade of the artist's life.