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Kitagawa Utamaro

Printmakers, Calligraphers and Graphic Artists

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 to 1806) was a Japanese artist, one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, best known for his bijin okubi-e, large headed pictures of beautiful women, produced in the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.

Facts
Death Year
1806 1
Nationality
Japanese 1
Death Date
1806-10-31 1
Death Place
Edo 1
Active From Year
1775 2
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

In Movement

Ukiyo-e, Movements

Master of the Ukiyo-e print tradition.

Practices

Printmaking, Art Forms
Source Wikipedia: Utamaro
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Nationality

Japan

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Source Wikipedia: UtamaroLead sentence 1
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Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川 歌麿; Japanese pronunciation: [ɯ.ta.ma.ɾo], c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist.

Originated In

Edo

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Source Wikidata: Kitagawa Utamaro
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1. Wikipedia: Utamaro
  • Intro, dates in first sentence
    31 October 1806
  • Intro, first sentence
    Japanese artist
  • Infobox: death_date
    October 31, 1806
  • Infobox, death_place
    Edo
  • Lead section
    He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s.
  • In Group: Japanese Woodblock Print Masters, Lead
    He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s.
  • Practices: Printmaking, Article text
    He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s.
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2. The Art Story (theartstory.org): The Art Story: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Art Story (theartstory.org)Biography text
Quote, Biography text
Around 1775 he began using the nom de plume , Kitagawa Toyoaki, when he produced cover art for the kabuki playbook Forty-eight Famous Love Scenes .
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Wikidata: Kitagawa Utamaro
Wikidata Q272045, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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