There is very little reliable documentation about the early years of the artist Kitagawa Utamaro. Information about the date of birth and family circumstances is vague. The Japanese artist, whose maiden name is Kitagawa Nebsuyoshi and at times called himself Toyoaki, deepened his artistic talent with the painter Toriyama. Kitagawa's technique was the representation in woodblock printing and belonged to a movement of artists of the ukiyo-e style. In the "Pictures of the Floating World", the realistic depictions of the picture rolls are mixed with decorative elements. The art movement was closely connected with the entertainment districts of Japan.
After some studies of the scenic beauty of Japan, the artist developed a predilection for the beauty of women. He completed his depictions of women with a precision and devotion like no other artist of his time. The women also loved Kitagawa and so he created numerous precise woodblock prints with the ladies from tea houses. The artist composed his print scenes respectfully, sensitively and in keeping with the family status of women.
The work "Three Beauties of the Present Day" is a woodblock print showing three geishas in a triangular composition. The three ladies were known for their beauty in Edo, today's Tokyo. They were actresses and dancers, familiar with the artist and perhaps they were his courtesans. These beauties inspired Utamaro and are a regular motif in his works.
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.jpg "Bathing in Cold Water by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Ten Physiognomic Types of Women, Coquettish Type by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Yamauba and Kintoki. The mother combs her hair while carrying her child on her back. Japanese print by Utamaro Kitagawa. 18th century. Paris, Guimet Museum, Asian Arts Museum by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Bust Portrait of the Heroine Kioto of the Itoya by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "In the Kitchen, ca. 1794-95 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series \"Courtesans of the Five Festivals\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 c1803 and Asahiya Goke the widow from the series Komei bijin rokkasen c1796 (woodblock prin - (MeisterDrucke-43011).jpg "An Impertinent Woman, from the series")
 c1803 and Asahiya Goke the widow from the series Komei bijin rokkasen c1796 (woodblock prin - (MeisterDrucke-43011).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-190952).jpg "A woman holding a dog in her arms, from")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-42255).jpg "Takigawa from the Tea-House, Ogi by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Asahiya Widow, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Representation of a Japanese couple stroking each other on a bench. Prints by Utamaro Kitagawa. Paris, Guimet Museum, National Museum of Asian Arts by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Bust Portrait of the Waitress Okita of the Naniwaya Teahouse by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Sweetflag and Rocks in a Basin of Water from the Series Imitations of the Eight Views by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1003613).jpg "Woman painting herself. Artwork by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1806). by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A woman powdering her neck with shade by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Women, ca. 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Toji San Bijin by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Takashima Ohisa, Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-44535).jpg "Two Female Figures by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman wiping sweat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298512).jpg "A Set of Three Romantic Journeys by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Sitting on Veranda by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Writing by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Three Beauties of the Present Day by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Bathing In Cold Water by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-311641).jpg "Snake and Lizard by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman with Puppies by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Beauties by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363361).jpg "Geisha and Lover by Freestanding Screen (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361793).jpg "Older Married Couple Making Love by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364759).jpg "Prostitute Kissing a Young Man by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series \"Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series \"Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Chanting_to_Shamisen_by_-_(MeisterDrucke-1303613).jpg "Turning a Shamisen, from the series \"Chanting to Shamisen by Young Women of Today\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_Favorite_Things_of_Today_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290274).jpg "Fond of Sake, from the series")
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.jpg "Two Scenes from the Series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365892).jpg "Married Man and Widow by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Shell-Matching Game, from the Illustrated Book \"Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-189228).jpg "Grasshopper and praying mantis, 1788 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_The_Treasury_of_Loyal_Retainers_(Chushingu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1301835).jpg "Act VIII (Hachidanme), from the series The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Preparing Food for a Nightingale, from the Illustrated Kyoka Anthology")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362749).jpg "Lovers in Front of a Mirror (series title: Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Ten_Types_in_the_Physiognom_-_(MeisterDrucke-1293571).jpg "The Interesting Type, from the series “Ten Types in the Physiognomic Study of Women\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_The_Treasury_of_Loyal_Retainers_(Chushingura)_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1540765).jpg "Act IX, from the series \"The Treasury of Loyal Retainers\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
_from_the_series_The_Treasury_of_Loyal_Retainers_(Chushingura)_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1540765).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361619).jpg "Loving Couple Beside a Room Divider by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series \"Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Women on Verandah on a Snowy Morning, from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons,\" vol. 2 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Young Girl Looking Through a Nozoki Megane, Magic Lantern, from the Series Ten Forms of Feminine Physiognomies by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Performance of a Trained Monkey, from an illustrated poetry anthology entitled \"The Young God Ebisu (Waka Ebisu)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "High-Ranking Courtesan Oiran by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Gathering Shells at Low Tide, from the illustrated book")
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.jpg "Woman Reads while Child Sleeps on her Lap, from the series \"Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(S_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298721).jpg "Hour of the Sheep, from the series")
_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(S_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298721).jpg)
.jpg "Ohan and Choemon, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seiro_j_-_(MeisterDrucke-1273557).jpg "Hour of the Dog, from the series")
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.jpg "Chrysanthemum and Narcissus, from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons,\" vol. 2 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series")
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_w_-_(MeisterDrucke-1119571).jpg "Mother breastfeeding her son, ukiyo-e art print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), woodcut, Japanese civilization, Edo period by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Donations from the Low Tide by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Goldfish, from the series \"Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Courtesan with a Client (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "New Year in a Samurai Mansion, from the illustrated kyoka anthology The Young God Ebisu by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Geisha in Kimono with Long Sleeves and Her Lover by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Takashima Ohisa, from the series")
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.jpg "Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series")
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.jpg "Mother and Child, from the Series")
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_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_ka_-_(MeisterDrucke-1287219).jpg "No. 3 (san), from the series \"Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry (Joshoku kaiko tewaza-gusa)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Newlywed Couple Making Love on a Summer Sleeping Mat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seir_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290255).jpg "Hour of the Tiger, from the series \"Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Tatsumi Roko, from the series")
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.jpg "Takigawa, from the series")
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_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_k_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271808).jpg "No. 1, from the series")
_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_k_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271808).jpg)
_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_k_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272859).jpg "No. 7 (nana), from the series \"Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Umegawa and Chubei of the Courier Firm, from the series \"True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Debauched Woman Drinking a Glass of Wine (Series: Through the Moralizing Glasses of Parents) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-984586).jpg "Sakikusa of the Daimonjiya, Kamuro Mitsuba and Yotsuba by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Ashi-gai, hamaguri, ko-gai, suzume-gai, akoya-gai, and katashi-gai, from the illustrated book \"Gifts from the Ebb Tide\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365708).jpg "Young Citizen")
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.jpg "Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series \"Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series")
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.jpg "Secret Affair of a Married Man and a Married Woman by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "New Year Street-Performers, from the illustrated kyoka anthology")
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.jpg "The Paragraph of Revenge in Kagamiyama, The First by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Cloth-Stretcher, from the series \"Twelve Types of Women")
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.jpg "The Poet Fun")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seiro_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288026).jpg "Hour of the Snake, from the series")
_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seiro_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288026).jpg)
_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_-_(MeisterDrucke-1287324).jpg "No. 12, from the series")
_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_-_(MeisterDrucke-1287324).jpg)
_from_the_series_Anthology_of_Poems_The_Love_Section_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276149).jpg "Obvious Love, from the series \"Anthology of Poems: The Love Section\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "New Year at Court, from the illustrated kyoka anthology")
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![Hour of the Rat [12pm], from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara" by Kitagawa Utamaro](/kunstwerke/300px/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Hour_of_the_Rat_12pm_(Ne_no_koku)_from_the_series_The_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274528).jpg "Hour of the Rat [12pm], from the series \"The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Ninth Month, from the series")
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.jpg "Beni-gai, Hora-gai, Urauzu-gai, Wasure-gai, Chiyonohana-gai, and Masuho-gai, from the Illustrated Book")
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.jpg "Enjoying Fireworks (from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons,\" vol. 1) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Bon Festival Lanterns and Plant Seller, from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana),\" vol. 2 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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