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

Are they a “triptych”? Are they even by Utamaro?

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

Japanese prints Buncho to Utamaro in the collection of Louis V. Ledoux.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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