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Geisha, probably a Singing Girl by Kitagawa Utamaro — VisualArtsDB

Geisha, probably a Singing Girl

Geisha, probably a Singing Girl

Kitagawa Utamaro

1754–1806

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: H. 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm); W. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Genre: Prints
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Sudare-gai, hana-gai, sakura-gai, mumeno-gai, nadeshiko-gai, and kinuta-gai, from the illustrated book "Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)"

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1792

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Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")

Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series “Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen")

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790

Hour of the Hare [6am] (U no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki")

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Okita of the Naniwa-ya Tea-house

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Kitagawa Utamaro, 1789

Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series “Customs of Beauties Around the Clock” ("Fuzoku bijin tokei")

Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series “Customs of Beauties Around the Clock” ("Fuzoku bijin tokei")

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793

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Girls Gathering Shells on the Sea-shore

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Yamauba Playing with Kintarō

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Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series "Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style (Ryuko moyo Utamaro-gata)"

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793