Kitagawa Utamaro
@kitagawautamaro.bsky.social
Fan account of Kitagawa Utamaro, a Japanese artist best known for ukiyo-e woodblock and his bijin ōkubi-e of the 1790s.
1753-1806
Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
1753-1806
Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social
An Arrangement of Valerian (Ominaeshi) and Chinese Bell Flowers (Kikyo) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/23703/
December 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
An Arrangement of Valerian (Ominaeshi) and Chinese Bell Flowers (Kikyo) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/23703/
Book of Ehon Ginsekai (The World in Silver) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37361
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Book of Ehon Ginsekai (The World in Silver) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37361
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Girls pearl-divers https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/not_detected_233127
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Girls pearl-divers https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/not_detected_233127
Prelude of desire https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/not_detected_233120-1799
December 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Prelude of desire https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/not_detected_233120-1799
Picture Book of Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erami), vol. 1 https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/97184
November 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Picture Book of Selected Insects (Ehon mushi erami), vol. 1 https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/97184
Priest Huiyuan (Eon Hōshi), from the series Three Laughers at Children's Playful Spirits (Kokei ni sanshō) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/208060
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Priest Huiyuan (Eon Hōshi), from the series Three Laughers at Children's Playful Spirits (Kokei ni sanshō) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/208060
Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13405/
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/13405/
Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/26794/
November 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)" https://www.artic.edu/artworks/26794/
Picture of the Temporary Lodgings of the New Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter at Ryōgoku (Shin Yoshiwara Karitaku Ryogoku no zu) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37183
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Picture of the Temporary Lodgings of the New Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter at Ryōgoku (Shin Yoshiwara Karitaku Ryogoku no zu) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37183
Portrait of Naniwaya Okita https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/portrait-of-naniwaya-okita-1793
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Portrait of Naniwaya Okita https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/portrait-of-naniwaya-okita-1793
A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36631
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36631
All night under mosquito net https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/not_detected_233123
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
All night under mosquito net https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/not_detected_233123
“Hanaōgi of the Gomeirō,” from the series Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryō kurabe: Gomeirō Hanaōgi) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53654
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“Hanaōgi of the Gomeirō,” from the series Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryō kurabe: Gomeirō Hanaōgi) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53654
Crossing a Bridge in Summer, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1 https://www.artic.edu/artworks/34807/
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Crossing a Bridge in Summer, from the illustrated book "Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana)," vol. 1 https://www.artic.edu/artworks/34807/
Woman Holding a Round Fan https://www.artic.edu/artworks/34888/
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Woman Holding a Round Fan https://www.artic.edu/artworks/34888/
"Love for a Farmer's Wife" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8211/
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Love for a Farmer's Wife" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8211/
Yamauba Breast Feeding Kintaro https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6827/
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Yamauba Breast Feeding Kintaro https://www.artic.edu/artworks/6827/
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Chushingura: Act IX of The Storehouse of Loyalty https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.357
![Stage Version
In this dramatic scene depicted in Masayoshi’s stage version
(see Chushingura: Perspective Picture for the "Treasure House of
Loyalty" [1985.338.9]), Tonase prepares to kill her daughter
Tonami with her husband’s sword and then to commit
suicide. The dire moment results from the humiliating
rejection of her daughter’s marriage contract. Fortunately,
her husband, Honzo, dressed as an itinerant Buddhist priest,
appears just in time to stop the tragedy.
Parody Print
In the parody print, Utamaro turned this dramatic event
into a scene of domesticity in which the mother brushes her
daughter’s hair. An itinerant priest, wearing a deep-brimmed
basket hat, reads to them from the gate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qoeizzkf3nsrrwgawrhzdunf/bafkreibccjaucunpdavi7copuvbw3h5xv2ywdojjmk5ok2b4zhupy36nyq@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Chushingura: Act IX of The Storehouse of Loyalty https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.357
Rice Locust Red Dragonfly Pinks Chinese Bell Flowers https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/rice-locust-red-dragonfly-pinks-chinese-bell-flowers-1788
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Rice Locust Red Dragonfly Pinks Chinese Bell Flowers https://www.wikiart.org/en/kitagawa-utamaro/rice-locust-red-dragonfly-pinks-chinese-bell-flowers-1788
Earthworm (Mimizu); Cricket (Kōrogi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37296
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Earthworm (Mimizu); Cricket (Kōrogi), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37296
Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36621
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36621
Pillars of Eitai Bridge https://www.artic.edu/artworks/21569/
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Pillars of Eitai Bridge https://www.artic.edu/artworks/21569/
Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36622
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Couple in an Evening Shower, From the series Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/36622