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Kitagawa Utamaro

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Fan account of Kitagawa Utamaro, a Japanese artist best known for ukiyo-e woodblock and his bijin ōkubi-e of the 1790s. 1753-1806 Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 12h

Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1914

Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 16h

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 18h

Along the Shore of Yènoshim www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Along the Shore of Yènoshim

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 20h

Kaksi geishaa kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+II+841%3A…

Kaksi geishaa

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 22h

Midori of the Hinataka, from The Hour of the Rat www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Midori of the Hinataka, from The Hour of the Rat

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Prelude of desire www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Prelude of desire

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Reading a letter www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Reading a letter

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Woman Relaxing after Her Bath www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1914

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hour of Snake, Kept Woman collections.artsmia.org/art/67978

Hour of Snake, Kept Woman

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden (Uma no koku, miko), from the series “Customs of Beauties Around the Clock” ("Fuzoku bijin tokei") www.artic.edu/artworks/23920

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses) clevelandart.org/art/1921.343

The Courtesan Karauta of Chojiya Reading a Book (from the series Six Authors of the Green Houses)

Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pipe, from the series Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women (Fujin sogaku juttai) (Kiseru) www.artic.edu/artworks/23938

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Drying Clothes (Monohoshi) www.artic.edu/artworks/21763

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Moon-Mad Monk, or Crazy Gazing at the Moon (Kyōgetsubō) www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1918

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shared Feelings in the Bedchamber of Komurasaki and Gompachi www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1922

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Prelude to Desire www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Prelude to Desire

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Parody of the Story of Yoritomo Releasing Cranes at Yuigahama www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

An Attractive Woman Who Looks Like the Actor Iwai Hanshiro V clevelandart.org/art/1943.28

An Attractive Woman Who Looks Like the Actor Iwai Hanshiro V

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Okita of the Naniwaya Teahouse www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter (from the series A Selection of Six Authors in the Green Houses) clevelandart.org/art/1943.22

The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter (from the series A Selection of Six Authors in the Green Houses)

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1914

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Kitchen www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Girls Playing a Game with Shells www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Women Imitating the Procession of a Korean Ambassador www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Creation of the World collections.artsmia.org/art/72566

colored cover

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Three Courtesans Stroll Amidst Cherry Blossoms www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Three Courtesans Stroll Amidst Cherry Blossoms

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sankatsu and Hanshichi www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1919

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Women Weaving Silk Cloth www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1914

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Towing a Barge in the Snow, from the album The Silver World www.artic.edu/artworks/23845

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi) www.artic.edu/artworks/7624

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Michener

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Geisha with a Fan kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+II+841%3A…

Geisha with a Fan

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Women watching fireworks at Sumida River www.artic.edu/artworks/110740

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mouse with a Sack of Rice kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A-1998-529

Mouse with a Sack of Rice

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fond of Things from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today's World clevelandart.org/art/1916.1155

Fond of Things from the series Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today's World

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Hour of the Boar www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

The Hour of the Boar

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fancy-free Type collections.artsmia.org/art/1998

After producing a few successful books, Utamaro and the publisher Tsutaya launched an innovative type of bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) series. It was the first to feature women in half-length portraits, a format previously reserved for yakusha-e (actor prints). It was also the first attempt by an ukiyo-e artist to represent the individuality of women. Except for the most famous prostitutes, print designers tended to depict women as stereotypes of femininity. Utamaro’s close-up portraits straightforwardly captured the facial expressions of his models, vividly evoking their personalities despite their anonymity. The woman shown here is identified on the print as the “fickle type.” To convey that quality, Utamaro has her casting a glance over her shoulder, hoping to catch the eye of an interested suitor as she returns, careless and disheveled, from the bath.

Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013

Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Courtesans beneath Wisteria Arbor www.artic.edu/artworks/24033

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Courtesan Misyama of Chojiya (from the series Eight Views of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses) clevelandart.org/art/1943.25

The Courtesan Misyama of Chojiya (from the series Eight Views of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses)

Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty clevelandart.org/art/1921.311

Chushingura: Act IV of The Storehouse of Loyalty

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran) www.artic.edu/artworks/89354

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

MAN AND WOMAN www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Prostitute Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya House collections.artsmia.org/art/67906

The Prostitute Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya House

Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yoshiwara in New Year www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…

"Yoshiwara in New Year" by Kitagawa Utamaro captures the bustling preparations in a geisha district, as figures engage in cleaning and arranging their surroundings. Utamaro's woodblock print highlights the elegance and nuanced expressions of the Edo period, showcasing his mastery in depicting the daily life and atmosphere of the pleasure quarters.

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Okita the tea house girl www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Okita the tea house girl

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Man and Prostitute Smoking Pipes collections.artsmia.org/art/8214

Man and Prostitute Smoking Pipes

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Takashima Ohisa www.artic.edu/artworks/89352

Clarence Buckingham Collection

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Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Women Imitating the Procession of a Korean Ambassador www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel

Kitagawa Utamaro @kitagawautamaro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Midnight The Hour Of The Rat www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro…

Midnight The Hour Of The Rat

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