Act VII from the series The Storehouse of Loyal Retainers
1801 · Color woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 39.1 x 26.3 cm (15 3/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist. He is one of the most highly regarded designers of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings, and is best known for his bijin ōkubi-e "large-headed pictures of beautiful women" of the 1790s. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects.
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