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 ...

Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty is not a beginner's book. Disavowing any intention to survey Utamaro's art as a whole, it consists for the most part of five chronologically and thematically ...

In a complex two-year process, advisory firm Gurr Johns guided the court-ordered consignment of museum masterworks, which culminated in a white-glove sale that set new records for Utamaro and Hokusai.

“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, ...

Not seen together since 1879, the significant triptych painting by the legendary Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro will be reunited in “Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered” at 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 ...

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 ...

Snow at Fukagawa by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806), Japan, Edo period, ca. 1802–6 Okada Museum of Art Moon at Shinagawa (also known as Moonlight Revelry at Dozō Sagami) by Kitagawa Utamaro ...

Utamaro comes to Manila and—what do you know?—it has to be in a children’s museum. We did a double-take on learning such adult art as his found its way to such venue. Sample this art form in the ...

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