High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran)
Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1794/95 · Color woodblock print; oban
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran) is a public-domain illustration by Kitagawa Utamaro, dated c. 1794/95. Color woodblock print; oban. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran)” (c. 1794/95) is a woodblock design by Utamaro, usually a half-length portrait of a woman. Another museum may hold a different impression of the same block.
About the artist
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) designed ukiyo-e portraits of women. The prints are woodblocks, so more than one impression of a design usually exists.
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