Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building ...

An exhibition exploring the diverse representation of women during a unique era of Japanese printmaking is currently on show in Cambridge.

The Utamaro School, 19th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2018 the record price for ...

78 x 60 cm. (30.7 x 23.6 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

The top 3 female celebrities in Edo: Tomimoto Toyohina, Takashima Ohisa and Naniwaya Kita. See how Utamaro, the master of female beauty has illustrated them so differently.

Sponsored by The Asahi Shimbun and other entities, “The Beauty of Shunga--Hokusai and Utamaro: Exchange and Competition” is running until Nov. 24 in the city’s Sakyo Ward. About 70 pieces ...