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Washing Day by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Washing Day

Washing Day

Kitagawa Utamaro

1778–1798

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

No. 8 (hachi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

No. 8 (hachi), from the series "Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

Two women after Bath, from the series Elegant Pines of Fivefold Needles (Furyu goyo no matsu)

Two women after Bath, from the series Elegant Pines of Fivefold Needles (Furyu goyo no matsu)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

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

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

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Shiro-gai, namima-gashiwa, makura-gai, iro-gai, aza-gai, sadae-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Shiro-gai, namima-gashiwa, makura-gai, iro-gai, aza-gai, sadae-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Erotic Print

Erotic Print

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753

Delivering New Year Gifts in the Snow, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

Delivering New Year Gifts in the Snow, from the illustrated kyoka anthology "The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Parody of a scene from "The Pillow Book"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi

Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1785

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase"

Tsukioka of the Hyogoya (Hyogoya uchi tsukioka), from the series "Seiro bijin meika awase"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1796

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Kitchen Scene

Kitchen Scene

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789