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Exhibition

Utamaro: Aspects of Beauty

Art Institute of Chicago13 May 2006 – 30 Jun 2006
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Works from this exhibition held in Dartabase

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Three Beauties of Yoshiwara (Seiro san bijin)

Three Beauties of Yoshiwara (Seiro san bijin)

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1793

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Sato Shirobei Tadanobu (Sato Shirobei Tadanobu)

Sato Shirobei Tadanobu (Sato Shirobei Tadanobu)

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1776–80

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Naniwaya Okita

Naniwaya Okita

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1793

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Enjoying the Cool in a Garden

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1788/90

Color woodblock print; oban triptych

Art Institute of Chicago

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Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)"

Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series "Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppon)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1792/93

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hinazuru of the Chojiya, Whose Attendants Are Tsuruji and Tsuruno (Chojiya uchi Hinazuru, Tsuruji, Tsuruno), from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin-zoroe)"

Hinazuru of the Chojiya, Whose Attendants Are Tsuruji and Tsuruno (Chojiya uchi Hinazuru, Tsuruji, Tsuruno), from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day (Toji zensei bijin-zoroe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hour of the Tiger [4 am], Courtesan (Tora no koku, keisei), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

Hour of the Tiger [4 am], Courtesan (Tora no koku, keisei), from the series "Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (Fuzoku bijin tokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1798/1800

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Women Preparing Gion Bean Curd, from the series "Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni-ko)"

Women Preparing Gion Bean Curd, from the series "Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni-ko)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1798/99

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Obvious Love (Arawaruru koi), from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu)"

Obvious Love (Arawaruru koi), from the series "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (Kasen koi no bu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1793/94

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Young Couple Dressed as Mendicant Monks

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hour of the Rat [12pm] (Ne no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Hour of the Rat [12pm] (Ne no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo (Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo)

Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo (Yaoya Oshichi and Kosho Kichisaburo)

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1800

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Art Institute of Chicago

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Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1800

Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Art Institute of Chicago

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Preparing a Meal

Preparing a Meal

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1798/99

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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The White Coat, from the series "New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style (Nishiki-ori Utamaro-gata-moyo)"

The White Coat, from the series "New Patterns of Brocade Woven in Utamaro Style (Nishiki-ori Utamaro-gata-moyo)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1796/98

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1790

Color woodblock-printed book

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Abalone Divers

Abalone Divers

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1797/98

Color woodblock prints; oban triptych

Art Institute of Chicago

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Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them

Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1804/05

Color woodblock print; naga-oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Yoshiwara Picture Book: Annual Events, or Annals of the Green Houses, (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji)

Yoshiwara Picture Book: Annual Events, or Annals of the Green Houses, (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji)

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1804

Color woodblock-printed book

Art Institute of Chicago

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Messenger with a Letter, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo no matsu)"

Messenger with a Letter, from the series "Elegant Five-needled Pine (Furyu goyo no matsu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1797/98

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Kitchen Scene

Kitchen Scene

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print, oban diptych

Art Institute of Chicago

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Double Pillow

Double Pillow

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print; oban (left sheet of a triptych)

Art Institute of Chicago

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A Page from Gifts from the Ebb Tide

A Page from Gifts from the Ebb Tide

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1789

Color woodblock-printed book; 1 vol.

Art Institute of Chicago

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Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask

Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1801/04

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Takashima Ohisa

Takashima Ohisa

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1793

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)"

Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1783

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Woman Holding a Tortoise-shell Hair-comb

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"

Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1795/96

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Style of a Feudal Lord’s Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu)

The Style of a Feudal Lord’s Household (Yashiki-fu), from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles (Tosei fuzoku tsu)

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1800/01

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series "Sundial of Young Women (Musume hi-dokei)"

Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series "Sundial of Young Women (Musume hi-dokei)"

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1794/95

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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Woman Holding a Round Fan

Woman Holding a Round Fan

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1797

Color woodblock print; oban

Art Institute of Chicago

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