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Kitagawa Utamaro

175?-1806 Japanese artist

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5 images from works
  • Two amas (women divers) on shore watching fish in the water. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).
  • An ama (woman diver) on shore combs her wet hair while breast feeding a toddler. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).
  • Two amas (women divers) on shore: one, who has just brought up a shellfish, holds a trowel in her teeth as she wrings out her skirt, while the other woman places the shellfish in a basket. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).
  • Tea-house scene: a man on a balcony points towards China. Woodcut by Utamaro, ca. 1780.
  • A courtesan promenades at the cherry blossom festival in the Yoshiwara. Woodcut by Kitagawa, 1790.

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    A courtesan promenades at the cherry blossom festival in the Yoshiwara. Woodcut by Kitagawa, 1790.

    Kitagawa Utamaro | Date: 1790] | Reference: 565970i
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    Two amas (women divers) on shore: one, who has just brought up a shellfish, holds a trowel in her teeth as she wrings out her skirt, while the other woman places the shellfish in a basket. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).

    Kitagawa Utamaro | Date: [1900/1920 (?)] | Reference: 566177i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Two amas (women divers) on shore watching fish in the water. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).

    Kitagawa Utamaro | Date: 1900/1920 (?)] | Reference: 566159i
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    • Online

    Tea-house scene: a man on a balcony points towards China. Woodcut by Utamaro, ca. 1780.

    Kitagawa Utamaro | Date: [1780?] | Reference: 566191i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An ama (woman diver) on shore combs her wet hair while breast feeding a toddler. Colour woodcut after Utamaro, 1900/1920 (?).

    Kitagawa Utamaro | Date: [1900/1920 (?)] | Reference: 565101i

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