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Style. Ukiyo-e. Ase o fuku onna ( Woman Wiping Sweat ), Ukiyo-e, 1798. Takashima Ohisa using two mirrors to observe her coiffure. Kitagawa Utamaro ( Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist.
Utamaro was a Japanese printmaker and painter who was one of the greatest artists of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) movement; he is known especially for his masterfully composed portraits of sensuous female beauties.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the life and work of Kitagawa Utamaro, one of the greatest masters of late eighteenth-century Japanese art. Explore his innovative portraits of beautiful women, his influence on Impressionism and Japonism, and his controversial career and legacy.
- Japanese
- October 31, 1806
- Japan
A woodblock print by the Japanese artist Utamaro, depicting a woman in a bath with a simple and expressive style. Learn more about the artist, the period, and the collection of Asian art at The Met.
Utamaro was a prolific and influential ukiyo-e artist who specialized in portraying beautiful women, especially of the Yoshiwara and Shinagawa districts. Learn about his life, style, and works, and browse his available and sold prints.
A woodblock print of a mother and child bathing, inspired by the lives of common people. Learn more about the artist, the period, and the style of this Edo-period artwork from The Met's collection.
Kitagawa Utamaro, one of the most prolific artists of the bijin genre that portrays beautiful women, made many images of mothers and children. Here, to illustrate the hour of midnight, Utamaro chose a mother who sleepily emerges from a mosquito net to attend to her child, who rubs the sleep from his eyes.
