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Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Kitagawa Utamaro

1789–1799

Medium: Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions: 38.6 × 25.4 cm (15 1/4 × 10 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print

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Mosquito Net for a Baby

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Tree cricket (Matsumushi); Firefly (Hotaru), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Tree cricket (Matsumushi); Firefly (Hotaru), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Rikiya and Konami, from the series A Program with Music about Loving Couples (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi)

Rikiya and Konami, from the series A Program with Music about Loving Couples (Ongyoku hiyoku no bangumi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

Drying Clothes (Monohoshi)

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)"

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1787

Women and Children on the Banks of a Stream

Women and Children on the Banks of a Stream

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series "Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets (Tosei kodomo rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi)

Picture Book: Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erabi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

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The Oiran Yoyogiku of Matsubaya Standing under a Cherry Tree

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754

Ehon mushi erami

Ehon mushi erami

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The Asahiya Widow, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")

The Asahiya Widow, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

The Artist Kitao Masanobu Relaxing at a Party

The Artist Kitao Masanobu Relaxing at a Party

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790