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 ...

than were the movies at the time of Mizoguchi's career. And there's a large element of self portraiture in the director's depiction of Utamaro. (speaking in Japanese) The overarching theme of the ...

Seldom does a show subvert expectations as subtly and deftly as “Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered” at the Smithsonian’s Freer-Sackler. The somewhat ambiguous title seems to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kitagawa Utamaro's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices of up to 7,114,266 USD for works on papers, and 675,574 USD for prints & graphic arts. In the past 12 months, ...