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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 (see also 159179) - (MeisterDrucke-81989).jpg "Young Woman Applying Make-up by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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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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 - (MeisterDrucke-208284).jpg "Three girls paddling in a river, from the")
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.jpg "Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami 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 "In the Kitchen, ca. 1794-95 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita 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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 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 "Woman wiping sweat 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 "A woman powdering her neck with shade by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Takashima Ohisa, Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Sitting on Veranda by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Toji San Bijin by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-42255).jpg "Takigawa from the Tea-House, Ogi by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Women, ca. 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-44535).jpg "Two Female Figures by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298512).jpg "A Set of Three Romantic Journeys by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Beauties 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 "Woman Writing 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 with Puppies by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter 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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.jpg "Three Beauties of the Present Day 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363361).jpg "Geisha and Lover by Freestanding Screen (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364759).jpg "Prostitute Kissing a Young Man 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 "Courtesan with a Client (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363377).jpg "Married Man and Widow (Negai no itoguchi) 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 "Newlywed Couple Making Love on a Summer Sleeping Mat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365708).jpg "Young Citizen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361793).jpg "Older Married Couple Making Love by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361619).jpg "Loving Couple Beside a Room Divider by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365892).jpg "Married Man and Widow 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 "Secret Affair of a Married Man and a Married Woman by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Colour-Shunga by Utamaro by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Couple caressing under the gaze of the handmaid by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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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 "Yamauba and Kintaro, popular figures from Japanese folklore by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Yamauba Playing with the Young Kintoki by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Bust Portrait of the Courtesan, Fijie from Manjiya by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Lovers Parting in the Morning, from the series \"Elegant Five-needled Pine\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_fr_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123789).jpg "Woman washing herself, illustration by Kitagawa Utamaro from Hana Awase Kesho Kurabe, Aiban-tate-e woodcut by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 c1803 (colour woodblock print) - (MeisterDrucke-39294).jpg "The Pleasure of Conversation by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Pair of Lovers by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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![Hour of the Sheep [2 pm] (hitsuji no koku), from the series "Sundial of Young Women" ("Musume hi-dokei") by Kitagawa Utamaro](/kunstwerke/300px/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Hour_of_the_Sheep_2_pm_(hitsuji_no_koku)_from_the_series_Sundial_of_Young_Women_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290969).jpg "Hour of the Sheep [2 pm] (hitsuji no koku), from the series \"Sundial of Young Women\" (\"Musume hi-dokei\") by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1421788).jpg "Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, c.1795-96 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Ohisa from Takashima teahouse, woman in kimono with fan by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Parody of an Imperial Carriage Scene by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Omu Komachi Parrot Komachi, from the Series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Half Length Portrait of Naniwaya Okita, Depicting the Famous Teahouse Waitress Serving a Cup of Tea by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_The_Five_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272543).jpg "The Courtesan Hisui of the Fan House, from the series The Five Festivals Flower Competition by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Midnight: Mother and Sleepy Child by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Five_Shades_of_Ink_in_the_Nor_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298853).jpg "A Low Class Prostitute, from the series \"Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_Sun_-_(MeisterDrucke-945827).jpg "Yamauba and Kintaro by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-39234).jpg "Scene 9, Comparison of Celebrated Beauties and the Loyal League, c.1797 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Woman and a Cat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Ohan and Choemon, from the series \"Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style\", c.1798-99 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-55909).jpg "T H Riches. A Lover of Children by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Basketworm and Helmetbeetle on Bush Clover and Stone-Leek Flower by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Women Playing a Game with Shells by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Courtesan Hanao gi of the O giya House by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Geisha, ca. 1800 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Marionette Scenes with Male and Female Manipulators by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki, Sekiya, Teriha 1794 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_known_as_the_Bird_Book_1790_(ukiyo-e)_-_(MeisterDrucke-390380).jpg "Momo chidori (Myriad birds), known as the Bird Book, 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Hanaogi of the Ogiya Brothel in Yoshiwara, ca. 1793-94 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Se_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299389).jpg "Hour of the Dragon, from the series")
_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Se_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299389).jpg)
_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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_Sun_03_-_(MeisterDrucke-999607).jpg "The toilet of the elegante by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Banks of Sumida River in Snow by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Gonpachi ni Komurasaki no Toko no Tsuki by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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Fu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1370976).jpg "Woman Reading a Letter (Ten Aspects of Female Facial Features) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-974656).jpg "Women after the Bath by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Frogs and Gold Bug Near Lotus by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Wren and a Pair of Snipe, from an Album")
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_from_the_series_Guide_to_Cont_-_(MeisterDrucke-1509239).jpg "The Style of a Feudal Lord’s Household, from the series Guide to Contemporary Styles by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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From_Bijin-ga_(Pictures_of_Bea_-_(MeisterDrucke-1419711).jpg "Three Beauties of the Present Day from Bijin-ga (Pictures of Beautiful Women), published by Tsutaya Juzaburo 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 "Abalone Divers by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Okita, a Teahouse Girl 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1289610).jpg "Drawing Lots for Prizes by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Yamauba Combing Her Hair, and Kintoki by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Teahouse Girl and Servant: Snow by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-41859).jpg "Yama-Uba, the Woman of the Mountain, with Kintoki, her Baby by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Hinazuru of the Chojiya, Whose Attendants Are Tsuruji and Tsuruno by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Oshichi and Kichisaburo (from the series Music on the Theme of Constancy in Love) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Naniwa Okita Admiring Herself in a Mirror, ca. 1790-95 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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