The painter character Seiji Moriyama in the British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro 's An Artist of the Floating World (1986) has a reputation as a "modern Utamaro" for his combination of Western techniques …

Utamaro emerged as one of the greatest masters of late eighteenth-century Japanese art and helped define the golden age of the woodblock printing technique.

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese: 喜多川 歌麿; c. 1753 – 31 October 1806) was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best …

Jan 21, 2026 · His work began to appear in the 1770s, but in the 1790s, Utamaro rose to prominence for his bijin õkubi-e, portraits of beauties with exaggerated features. Unlike bijin-ga of the time which …

Jan 1, 2026 · Utamaro was a Japanese printmaker and painter who was one of the greatest artists of the ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) movement; he is known especially for his masterfully …

Jun 25, 2025 · Utamaro was renowned for his bijinga woodblock prints, depicting beautiful women of his day, and other artworks that won the hearts of the people of Edo (now Tokyo).

Utamaro's pictorial vocabulary was founded upon a "syntax of affection" that represented an important development in printmaking during a period when realism in various guises was increasingly …

Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist. 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...

Utamaro's work reached Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, where it was very popular, enjoying particular acclaim in France. He influenced the European Impressionists, particularly with his use of …

The word “Utamaro” can be traced back to a Japanese artist and printmaker, Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Utamaro's works are known for their use of asymmetric compositions which challenge …