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Female Figure by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Female Figure

Female Figure

Kitagawa Utamaro

1754–1806

Medium: Painting; color on silk
Dimensions: 34 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (88.3 x 36.2 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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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

Love in Rain, Snow and Hail (Ame yuki arare ni yosuru koi)

Love in Rain, Snow and Hail (Ame yuki arare ni yosuru koi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1780

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

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

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1795

Ashi-gai, hamaguri, ko-gai, suzume-gai, akoya-gai, and katashi-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Ashi-gai, hamaguri, ko-gai, suzume-gai, akoya-gai, and katashi-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Hour of the Rat [12pm] (Ne no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Hour of the Rat [12pm] (Ne no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Young Woman Blowing a Popen (glass noisemaker), from the series “Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy” (Fujo ninsō juppen)

Young Woman Blowing a Popen (glass noisemaker), from the series “Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy” (Fujo ninsō juppen)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion

Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1786

Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)"

Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1778

Tetsukuri no Tamagawa, from the series, "Six Tama Rivers" (Mu Tamagawa)

Tetsukuri no Tamagawa, from the series, "Six Tama Rivers" (Mu Tamagawa)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788

Cloth-Strecher, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

Cloth-Strecher, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793