Utamaro

American  

[oo-tah-mah-raw, oo-tuh-mahr-oh] / ˈu tɑˈmɑ rɔ, ˌu təˈmɑr oʊ /

noun

1. Kitagawa 1753–1806, Japanese painter, draftsman, and designer of prints.

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Utamaro British  

/ ˌuːtəˈmɑːrəʊ /

noun

1. Kitagawa (ˌkiːtəˈɡɑːwə), original name Kitagawa Nebsuyoshi . 1753–1806, Japanese master of wood-block prints, of the ukiyo-e school; noted esp for his portraits of women

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Utamaro

One room contains four giant paneled canvases measuring more than 10-by-7 feet, with Murakami’s interpretations of work by the ukiyo-e masters Kitagawa Utamaro and Torii Kiyonaga.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

One can also see the influence of the Edo-period Japanese woodblock artist Kitagawa Utamaro, best known for his elegant, intimate portraits of beautiful women, or bijin-ga.

From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2022

Utamaro was a draughtsman who contributed prodigiously to the production of ukiyo-e, the prints that depicted the gracious women of the floating world.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2017

The exhibitions at London's British Museum, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland include works by some of Japan's most famous artists from the period, including Utamaro, Hiroshige and Kunisada.

From Reuters ● Oct. 21, 2013

Gauguin himself, when he returned to Paris at the close of this year 1889, pinned a frieze of Hokusai and Utamaro prints round the walls of his studio.

From Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art by John Gould Fletcher