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Child's nightmare of ghosts by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Child's nightmare of ghosts

Child's nightmare of ghosts

Kitagawa Utamaro

1795–1806

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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East Asianprintasian artedo (japanese period)Japanese (culture or style)Japanismasianwoodblock print

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Cherry Blossoms and Irises, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Cherry Blossoms and Irises, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Preparing a Meal

Preparing a Meal

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Takashima Ohisa

Takashima Ohisa

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Preparing Food for a Nightingale, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "Men's Stamping Dance (Otoko toka)"

Preparing Food for a Nightingale, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "Men's Stamping Dance (Otoko toka)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryo kurabe) (Keizetsuro Hinazuru)"

Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryo kurabe) (Keizetsuro Hinazuru)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them

Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)"

Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Hour of the Snake (Mi no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Hour of the Snake (Mi no koku), from the series "Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

“The Poet Sōjō Henjō (816–890) Slipping a Letter into a Woman’s Sleeve,” from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals (Goshiki-zome rokkasen)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1700

Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River

Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1783

An Imperial Carriage

An Imperial Carriage

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796