Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Shells under Water by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Shells under Water

Shells under Water

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 14 7/8 in. (23.2 x 37.8 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Styles

Tags

shells

More by Kitagawa Utamaro

Takashima Ohisa

Takashima Ohisa

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku)

Artist, Block Carver, Applying Sizing (Eshi, hangashi, dosa-biki), from the series The Cultivation of Brocade Prints, a Famous Product of Edo (Edo meibutsu nishiki-e kosaku)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

The Courtesan Ichikawa of the Matsubaya in Edo-machi Itchome, with her Child Attendants Tamamo and Mitsumo

The Courtesan Ichikawa of the Matsubaya in Edo-machi Itchome, with her Child Attendants Tamamo and Mitsumo

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1798

The Oiran Kasugano of Ōgiya on Parade

The Oiran Kasugano of Ōgiya on Parade

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1778

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

Women Worshipping the Rising Sun between the Twin Rocks at Ise

Women Worshipping the Rising Sun between the Twin Rocks at Ise

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754

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

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

The Courtesan Matsukaze of the Matsubaya, from an untitled series of courtesans of the Matsubaya as five musicians

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

Woman with Puppies

Woman with Puppies

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

Minashi-gai, shio-gai, katatsu-gai, miso-gai, chijimi-gai, and chigusa-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Minashi-gai, shio-gai, katatsu-gai, miso-gai, chijimi-gai, and chigusa-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

The Coming Thunderstorm, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

The Coming Thunderstorm, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801

Myriad Birds:A Playful Poetry Contest (Momo chidori kyōka-awase), 2 vols.

Myriad Birds:A Playful Poetry Contest (Momo chidori kyōka-awase), 2 vols.

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790