Utamaro Woodblock Prints

Utamaro Kitagawa – active ca. 1753-1806 Woodblock Print title : Awabi Diver with Shell date: Showa era edition size : oban, approx. 9.5 x 14.5 inches Note : Utamaro Ktagawa (17...

A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring two women, likely Geishas, with one leaning on a banister languidly with an opium pipe in hand.

A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a high-ranking noblewoman and her young attendant.

A beautifully composed and richly colored Japanese woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro featuring a semi-undressed kimono-opened nude woman, perhaps a Geisha or courtesan, enjoying a ...

This exquisite Japanese woodblock print, a kacho-e (bird-and-flower picture), depicts two distinct water birds in a serene, subtly colored aquatic setting.

Early 20th century Japanese woodblock print depicting courtesans, After Kitagawa Utamaro C.1920 Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806) Woodblock print; ink and colour on pap...

Artist: 喜多川歌麿Kitagawa Utamaro Title: "橋下男女魚釣Man and Woman Fishing Under a Bridge" Original Production Year: (1789-1801) Original Publisher: 岩長Iwanaga Reprint: 三原藏板 Mihara Collection ...

Early 20th century Japanese woodblock print after Kitagawa Utamaro C.1920 Depicting a courtesan drinking from a sake bowl Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806) Inscribed a...

Despite his struggles, Utamaro persisted in creating prints until his passing.

This image is part of the bijin-ga series, “Pretty women”, drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print “Snow, moon and flowers from the Ôgiya Tea House” (1793...

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print “Woman reding a letter” (1792-17993).

This image is part of the “bijin-ga” series (Pretty women) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print “Hanazuma of the Hyôgaya House”, (1794), 38,8 x 25,9 cm.

This image is part of the “bijin-ga series” (Pretty women) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print “Hanamurasaky of the Tamaya”, (from the series: “Array o...

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Tatsumi Roko (1794-95), 76 x 56 cm.

This image is part of the Bijin-ga Series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print "Hairdresser" (1798-1799), 39,8 x 26,8 cm.

This image is part of the Bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Bijin Ôkubi (1796), 38,4 x 25,8 cm.

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Somenosuke of the Matsubaya (1794), 37,8 x 25,3 cm.

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print The courtese Hinakoto of the Hiôgorô House of Edo.

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Karagoto of The Chojiya (1754), 36,9 x 25 cm.

This image is part of the "bijin-ga" series, Pretty Women, drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print "Love for a street-walker" (1795), 37,2 x 24,6 cm.

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Tomimoto Toyohina (1793-94), 31,9 x 24,6 cm.

The Fickle ( or Fancy-free) Type is flirting with more than one member of the opposite sex This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in ...

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Miyahito of The Ôgiya (Tsubaki, Shirabe) (1793-94), 38,...

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Love for a farmer´s wife (1795-96), 36,3 x 29,7 cm..

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Hanaôgi of the Ôgiya House (1793-94), 22,05 x 29,92 cm.

In the 1780's and 90's the publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo and the designer Kitagawa Utamaro worked together on the production of many woodblock prints, most of them of the bijin-ga type.

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Reflective Love (1793-94), 37,7 x 24,8 cm.

The lightening of the background in the central part of the sheet contrasts with the darker colors of the hairstyle and kimono, giving vitality to the image This image is part of th...

This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Takashimaoisha (1790), 41,02 x 28,0 cm.