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; c.?1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist. At this time, we are not offering high-resolution TIFF images of detail or alternate views. You can use it however you want. Available for sale from Ronin Gallery, Kitagawa Utamaro, Courtesan Holding a Fan (ca.
Seven Women Applying Make-up Before a Full-length Mirror (Sugatami shichinin kesho)pink ground with silver mica on the mirror, signed Utamaro ga with censor's seal kiwame (approved) publisher's mark of Tsutaya Juzaburo (Koshodo), sealed Wakai Hayashi, and oval WS (Schindler) collector’s seal on verso, ca. Utagawa Kunisada II (歌川国定, 1823 – 20 July 1880) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, one of three to take the name "Utagawa Kunisada". One major exception to this phenomenon is Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1806). Signature: Kitagawa Utamaro sei; Seals: 1) Toyoaki 2) Utamaro Provenance [ Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne , until 1918; sold to MMA] Exhibition History. 1797), Japanese Woodblock Print, 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 in Kitagawa Utamaro Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places” (“Meisho koshikake hakkei”), c. 1795/96 Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series “Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)”, c. 1792/93 ?? Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese: ??? From his use of movement, to his representations of the triviality of the quotidien, as well as his signature of calligraphic initials in a circle, Toulouse-Lautrec admired, and was inspired by Japanese art. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin okubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s.
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese. Utamaro‘s final, according to some his crowning, accomplishment in his erotic work is the shunga album called ‘Komachi-biki (Embracing Komachi/Venus)‘ issued in 1802. Crowning.
"Seasonal Pleasures in Japanese Art (Part One)," October 12, 1995–April 28, 1996. Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753-1806.
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