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 "In the Kitchen, ca. 1794-95 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 "Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190952).jpg "A woman holding a dog in her arms, from")
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.jpg "Reflective Love (from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-44535).jpg "Two Female Figures by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Toji San Bijin 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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 c1803 and Asahiya Goke the widow from the series Komei bijin rokkasen c1796 (woodblock prin - (MeisterDrucke-43011).jpg "An Impertinent Woman, from the series")
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.jpg "Takashima Ohisa, Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A woman powdering her neck with shade 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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.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 "The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-42255).jpg "Takigawa from the Tea-House, Ogi by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Sitting on Veranda by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Three Beauties of the Present Day 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 "Woman Writing 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 "Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-311641).jpg "Snake and Lizard 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 wiping sweat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Beauties by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman with Puppies 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 "Two Women, ca. 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Bathing In Cold Water by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_A_Guide_to_Womens_Cont_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300083).jpg "A Wife of the Lower Rank, from the Series"){kind=icon}
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363361).jpg "Geisha and Lover by Freestanding Screen (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the Illustrated Book Flowers of the Four Seasons by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "“Hour of the Rat: Mistress,” from the series Women’s Daily Customs (Fuzoku bijin tokei) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364759).jpg "Prostitute Kissing a Young Man by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_Centipede_(Mukade)_from_the_Picture_Book_of_Crawling_Creat_-_(MeisterDrucke-1717684).jpg "Katydid (Umaoi-mushi); Centipede, (Mukade), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Half-length Portrait of Two Courtesans by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Girls Gathering Shells on the Seashore by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_Locust_(Inago)_from_the_Picture_Book_of_Crawling_Creatu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1711271).jpg "Red Dragonfly; Locust, from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Enjoying the Cool Evening Breeze on and under the Bridge by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Courtesan with a Client (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_and_Ono_no_Komachi_from_the_series_Five_C_-_(MeisterDrucke-1712968).jpg "The Poet Ariwara no Narihira (825–880) and Ono no Komachi, from the series Five Colors of Love for the Six Poetic Immortals by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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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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.jpg "Three Niwaka Performers, Chasenuri, Kurokiri, and Saimon (Tea-whisk Seller, Firewood Seller, Shrine Festival Performer), from the “Geisha of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival” by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Erotic Print by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-41225).jpg "Scene 6, Comparison of celebrated beauties and the loyal league, c.1797 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Untitled by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Picture of the Temporary Lodgings of the New Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter at Ryogoku by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Kawabiraki Night Festival: View of Sumida River by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Edo Geisha, from the series \"A Guide to Women")
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.jpg "Young Couple in Front of a Screen, from the Series Twelve Types of Women")
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.jpg "Untitled by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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Twaalf_u_-_(MeisterDrucke-1380100).jpg "Hour of the Sheep: Predicting the Future (Twelve Hours in the Pleasure Houses) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Procession at the Foot of Mount Fuji by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "From Bijin go menjo by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361793).jpg "Older Married Couple Making Love by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman after a Bath, ca. 1795 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Hairstyle by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Erotic Print by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Oiran Yoyogiku of Matsubaya Standing under a Cherry Tree by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Rules of Conduct in the Pleasure Quarters by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_Foot-soldi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1713797).jpg "Souvenir Paintings from Ōtsu, Stocked in Edo (Foot-soldier with a Spear and Hawk-handler) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Child Lighting Fireworks, from the Illustrated Book Flowers of the Four Seasons by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Five_Shades_of_Ink_in_the_Norther_-_(MeisterDrucke-1715281).jpg "High-Ranking Courtesan (Oiran), from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365892).jpg "Married Man and Widow by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361619).jpg "Loving Couple Beside a Room Divider by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Women by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "New Year")
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.jpg "Geisha in Kimono with Long Sleeves and Her Lover by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Miyahito of the Tea House Ogi-ya by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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Kase_-_(MeisterDrucke-1380246).jpg "Love That Meets Every Night (Love Poems) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Cloth-Stretcher, from the series \"Twelve Types of Women")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1268145).jpg "The Hour of the Snake (from the series A Clock for Young Women) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1362092).jpg "Geisha and Her Lover (Negai no itoguchi series) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Konosumi, from the series Beauties of the Southern Quarter by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Courtesans Imitating a Court Procession by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seiro_j_-_(MeisterDrucke-1273557).jpg "Hour of the Dog, from the series")
_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seiro_j_-_(MeisterDrucke-1273557).jpg)
.jpg "Erotic Print by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Seiro_bijin_meik_-_(MeisterDrucke-1541936).jpg "Tsukioka of the Hyogoya, from the series \"Seiro Bijin Meika Awase\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Young Women Wrapped in Yukata After a Bath by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Courtesan with Paper and Brush by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1716858).jpg "Catching Fireflies by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Newlywed Couple Making Love on a Summer Sleeping Mat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Takigawa, from the series")
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.jpg "The Courtesans Somenosuke and Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series")
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.jpg "Couple caressing under the gaze of the handmaid by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363377).jpg "Married Man and Widow (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_The_Geisha_Style_-_(MeisterDrucke-1540762).jpg "Connoisseurs of Contemporary Manners: The Geisha Style by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Geisha of the Uyo Tearoom by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-97902).jpg "Scene 3, Comparison of Celebrated Beauties and the Loyal League, c.1797 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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