Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806) · c. 1798 · color woodblock print
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Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties is a CC0 illustration by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1754–1806), dated c. 1798. Color woodblock print. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties” (c. 1798) 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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