Artworks · Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese

Wisteria Maiden with an Ōtsu Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Monk, from the series Souvenir Paintings from Ōtsu, Stocked in Edo (Edo Shi-ire Ōtsu Miyage)

1802 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

Catching a mouse

1800 · Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

“Preparing Food for the Warbler,” from the album Men’s Stamping Dance (Otoko dōka, uguisu no esa suri)

1798 · Page from a woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

8 1/2 x 14 in. (21.6 x 35.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Goldfish, from the series "Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures (Furyu kodakara awase)"

1797 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.1 × 26.2 cm (15 × 10 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (center)

1796 · Triptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (left)

1796 · Triptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Catching Fireflies Beneath a Willow Tree (right)

1796 · triptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 76.8 cm (15 1/16 x 30 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors

1795 · color woodblock print

39.1 x 26.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Komurasaki of the Miuraya and Shirai Gompachi (Miuraya Komurasaki, Shirai Gompachi)

1795 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Kitchen

1794 · Right-hand sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Image: 15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yamauba with Kintaro Holding a Toy Mask

1794 · Color woodblock print; oban

38.8 × 26.1 cm (15 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties

1793 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 33 x 22.3 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Drawing Lots for Prizes (Ho biki)

1793 · Color woodblock prints; ōban triptych

Right sheet: 37.8 × 24.5 cm (14 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Center sheet: 37.8 × 25 cm (14 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Left sheet: 37.8 × 26.2 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Mat: 57.2 × 95.3 cm (22 1/2 × 37 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Courtesan Konosumi, from the series Beauties of the Southern Quarter (Nangoku bijin awase)

1793 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with mica on paper

14 1/2 x 9 5/16 in. (36.8 x 23.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans

1792 · Color woodblcok print; aiban

33.3 × 22.2 cm (13 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Takashima Ohisa

1790 · Color woodblock print; oban

38 × 25.8 cm (15 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Lady Tomimoto Toyohina Reading a Letter

1790 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi

1790 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

1788 · color woodblock print

36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fan Vendor

1787 · Woodblock print (nishiki-e)

H. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Test of Skill - the Headwaters of Amorousness (Jitsu kurabe iro no minakami): Osan and Mohei

1756 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.1 × 25.5 cm (15 7/16 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago