Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

24 works in the gallery.
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A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei
A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1756–1806 · Color woodblock print; oban
Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)
Geisha Style (geisha fū) from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tōsei fūzoku tsū)
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1756–1806 · Color woodblock print; oban
Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)
Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1785–1795 · Color woodblock-printed book
Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series
Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)"
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1787–1797 · Color woodblock print; oban
Reflective Love, from the series
Reflective Love, from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu) (Mono-omou koi)"
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1788–1799 · Color woodblock print
A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter
A Low Class Prostitute (Gun [teppo]), from the series “Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter" ("Hokkoku goshiki-zumi")
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1789–1800 · Color woodblock print; oban
Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series
Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryo kurabe) (Keizetsuro Hinazuru)"
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1789–1800 · Color woodblock print; oban
Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places
Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places" ("Meisho koshikake hakkei")
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1790–1801 · Color woodblock print; oban
Act Eleven from the series
Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai Kuzuki)"
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1790–1799 · Color woodblock prints; oban diptych
Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series
Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1790–1801 · Color woodblock print; oban
The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans
The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1792–1802 · Color woodblcok print; aiban
The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya
The Courtesans Shizuka and Akashi of the Tamaya
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1792–1802 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)
Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1793–1803 · Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych
Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)
Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1795–1805 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Geisha (Geigi), from the series “Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties
Geisha (Geigi), from the series “Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties" ("Tosei bijin san’yu")
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1795–1805 · Color woodblock print; naga-oban
Goldfish, from the series
Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1797–1807 · Color woodblock print; oban
Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai) (Kiseru)
Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai) (Kiseru)
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1797–1808 · Color woodblock print; oban
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)
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)
by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
Japan · Japanese (culture or style) · 1798–1808 · Color woodblock prints; oban triptych