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.
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Master of the Ukiyo-e print tradition.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia: Utamaro
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31 October 1806
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Japanese artist
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1806-10-31
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Edo
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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.
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