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Kitagawa Utamaro, Pearl Divers, 1802

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Connoisseurs of Contemporary Manners (Tosei fozoku tsu): The Geisha Style, 1756

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)", 1790

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Hairdresser, from the series "Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft (Fujin tewaza juni ko)", 1793

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Yamauba Holding Chestnuts while Kintaro Reaches for Them, 1799

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Preparing a Meal, 1793

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Travel scene.   Ukiyo-e woodblock print. Mid 1800’s, Japan, by artist Utagawa Kunisada I

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Masako from Mino Province, c. 1804

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Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿, Priest Huiyuan (Eon Hōshi), from the series Three Laughers at Children's Playful Spirits (Kokei ni sanshō), c. 1802

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Earthworm and Cricket, 1788

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities, vol. 1, 1804

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Takashima Ohisa Using Two Mirrors to Observe Her Coiffure, ca. 1795

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Mirror, from the series “Eight Views of Tea-stalls in Celebrated Places" ("Meisho koshikake hakkei"), 1790

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Tiger in a Rainstorm

Katayama Yōkoku

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Folktale ukiyo-e woodblock print depicting Kesa, wife of Watanabe dressing her long hair in preparation for death.  Circa about 1840’s, Japan.  Artist Utagawa Kunisada

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Couple in a Boat, c. 1799

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Kitagawa Utamaro, Act Eleven from the series "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura Junimai Kuzuki)", 1790