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, c.1795-96 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 "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 "In the Kitchen, ca. 1794-95 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 (1753-1806). 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 "Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita, c. 1793 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 ‘Kyokun oya no megane’ (Education Seen Through the Parents")
 c1803 and Asahiya Goke the widow from the series Komei bijin rokkasen c1796 (woodblock prin - (MeisterDrucke-43011).jpg)
.jpg "Representation of a Japanese couple caressing each other on a bench. Print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Dimensions: 0.38 x 0.245 m. Paris, Guimet Museum, National Museum of Asian Arts by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A woman powdering her neck in the shade. Japanese print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). 0.37 x 0.22 m. 1795-1796. Paris, Musée Guimet, National Museum of Asian Arts by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-44535).jpg "Two Female Figures (colour woodblock print, 10th block) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Three Beauties of the Present Day by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Reflective Love (from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section) 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 "Takashima Ohisa, Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop, c. 1793 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190952).jpg "A Woman Holding a Dog in Her Arms, from “Five Physiognomies of Beauty”, c.1804 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 "The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Women, ca. 1790 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 "Sweetflag and Rocks in a Basin of Water from the Series Imitations of the Eight Views by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-42255).jpg "Takigawa from the Tea-House, Ogi 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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.jpg "Woman Sitting on Veranda by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Writing, 1753-1806 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 Bust Portrait of the Waitress Okita of the Naniwaya Teahouse by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman wiping sweat, 1798 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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_from_the_series_A_Guide_to_Womens_Cont_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300083).jpg "A Wife of the Lower Rank (Gebon no nyōbō), from the series A Guide to Women"){kind=icon}
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.jpg "New Year Games of Shuttlecock, Battledore, and Hand Ball, from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana),\" vol. 1 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "New Year")
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.jpg "Couple caressing under the gaze of the handmaid. Japanese print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). 18th century. Paris, Guimet Museum, National Museum of Asian Arts by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_Locust_(Inago)_from_the_Picture_Book_of_Crawling_Creatu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1711271).jpg "Red Dragonfly (Akatonbo); Locust (Inago), from the Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (Ehon mushi erami) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Wakaume of the Tamaya in Edo-cho itchome, and her child attendants Mumeno and Iroka (Edo-cho itchome, Tamaya uchi Wakaume Mumeno Iroka) 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 "Goldfish, from the series \"Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Sewing, women")
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.jpg "A Party of Merrymakers in a House in the Yoshiwara on a Moonlight Night by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Kintarō and Yamauba practicing calligraphy, series: Yamauba and Kintarō. Japanese print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Dimensions: 0.38 x 0.26 m. 1790-1806. Paris, Guimet Museum, National Museum of Asian Arts by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_The_Chiyozuru_-_(MeisterDrucke-994918).jpg "The Chiyozuru Teahouse (Shadows on the Shoji) by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two women arrange their hair: one looks at herself in the mirror while the other combs her hair. Japanese print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806). Dimensions: 0.38 x 0.25 m. 1794-1795. Paris, Guimet Museum, National Museum of Asian Arts by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Shadows on the Shoji, 1790s. by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "P.332-1946 Vol. 1 f. 8 Cockerel and Hen on the right with a Bunting on the left, from an album ‘Birds compared in Humorous Songs’ (‘Momo Chidori Kyoka Awase’), 1791 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 "Woman Reads while Child Sleeps on her Lap, from the series \"Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)\" 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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_Sun_03_-_(MeisterDrucke-999607).jpg "The elegant lady")
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.jpg "P.332-1946, Vol. 2, f. 6, Long-tailed Tit and Three White-eyes, from an album,")
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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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_from_the_series_Guide_to_Cont_-_(MeisterDrucke-1300637).jpg "The Style of a Feudal Lord")
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.jpg "A Woman Weaving, Seated at a Hand Loom by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine, Mimeguri jinja no onkaicho, 1799. by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "From Bijin go menjo by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A domestic hen and rooster and Japanese bunting on a bamboo shoot, c.1791 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Yamauba Blackening Her Teeth and Kintoki, ca. 1795. by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_(colour_woodbloc_-_(MeisterDrucke-945576).jpg "Elegant Comparisons of Little Treasures (Fūryū ko-dakara awase) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Hour of the Cock from the series Customs of Beauties by the Hour by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seiro_-_(MeisterDrucke-1288920).jpg "Hour of the Cock (Tori no koku), from the series \"Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Chiyozuru Teahouse, Shadows on the Shoji, 1790s 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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.jpg "Enjoying Fireworks (from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons,\" vol. 1) 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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.jpg "A Box at the Kabuki Theater, from the illustrated book “Guide to the Actors")
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.jpg "Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine 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")
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.jpg "Earthworm and black cricket on creeping saxifrage by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_A_Guide_to_Womens_Cont_-_(MeisterDrucke-1614359).jpg "A Wife of the Lower Rank, from the series \"A Guide to Women"){kind=icon}
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.jpg "Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime 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")
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.jpg "Earthworm Mimizu, Cricket Korogi by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-101751).jpg "Yama-Uba and Kintoki by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Edo Geisha, from the series \"A Guide to Women")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from an Untitled Series of Courtesans of the Matsubaya as Five Musicians by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Shadows on the Shoji by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Procession at the Foot of Mount Fuji by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363361).jpg "Geisha and lover by a freestanding room screen (Negai no itoguchi, series title) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Cherry Blossoms and Irises, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Crossing a Bridge in Summer, from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons\" 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 "Woman of the Yoshiwara Reading Scroll by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Koharu and Jihei, from the series \"Fashionable Patterns in Utamaro Style\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-61115).jpg "Portrait of a Woman by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Seyama of the Matsubaya, from an Untitled Series of Courtesans of the Matsubaya as Five Musicians by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Mirror, from the series \"Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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![Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden, from the series Customs of Beauties Around the Clock by Kitagawa Utamaro](/kunstwerke/300px/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Hour_of_the_Horse_12_am_Shrine_Maiden_(Uma_no_koku_miko)_from_the_series_Customs_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299732).jpg "Hour of the Horse [12 am], Shrine Maiden, from the series Customs of Beauties Around the Clock 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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.jpg "Messenger with a Letter, from the Series")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1541939).jpg "Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask, c.1801-4 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Display of Treasures at Mimeguri Shrine by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series \"Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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