Kitagawa Utamaro (?–1806) was undoubtedly Japan’s greatest artist of bijinga (pictures of beautiful women) in the ukiyo-e genre, but like many working in ukiyo-e, it took some time for him to ...

In the time of Japan’s last feudal military government, ruled by the Tokugawa clan from 1603 to 1867, the government licensed “pleasure quarters,” where courtesans practiced prostitution and geishas ...

“Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered” reunites for the first time in nearly 140 years three works by the legendary Japanese ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) master, ...

JULIE NELSON DAVIS Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007. 296 pp.; 66 color ills., 1 14 b/w. $65.00 Woodcut prints and illustrated books by the Japanese artist ...

Few artists have captured the intimate world of courtesans and geishas as dazzlingly as Kitagawa Utamaro The man who loved women: this was Kitagawa Utamaro. It would be hard to think of an artist more ...

A recently discovered painting by Kitagawa Utamaro (around 1753-1806) is due to go on show for the first time this week at the British Museum. The hanging scroll from around 1805-06 shows a courtesan ...

Few filmmakers have made as daring and forthright a credo of their artistic ambitions as does the Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi in this 1946 historical drama, about the life and work of the ...

Scholten Japanese Art announced their gallery presentation, STERLING: 25 Years in New York, celebrating our ‘silver’ anniversary during Asia Week New York 2026. In a complex two-year process, advisory ...

A recently discovered painting by Kitagawa Utamaro (around 1753-1806) is due to go on show for the first time this week at the British Museum. The hanging scroll from around 1805-06 shows a courtesan ...

Kitagawa Utamaro was a renowned Japanese artist known for his woodblock prints and his contribution to the ukiyo-e art movement. His work often depicted bijin ōkubi-e and nature studies. Born in 1753, ...

For the first time in nearly 140 years, three paintings by the legendary but mysterious Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) have been reunited at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler ...