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Scene in the Yoshiwara by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Scene in the Yoshiwara

Scene in the Yoshiwara

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790

Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Triptych; each H. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); W. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Woman Relaxing after Her Bath

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No. 1 (ichi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1799

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Seiro niwaka zensei asobi: Hana no mitsugi sorou tebyoshi

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1756

Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) 青楼繪本年中行事

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

Butterfly (Chō); Dragonfly (Kagerō or Tonbo), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

Butterfly (Chō); Dragonfly (Kagerō or Tonbo), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami)

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Drying and stretching cloth

Drying and stretching cloth

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753

Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi

Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

No. 6 (roku), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Atage, from the series "A Selection of Eastern Beauties (Azuma bijin erami)"

Atage, from the series "A Selection of Eastern Beauties (Azuma bijin erami)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793