Art Archive • Utamaro

Ukiyo-e

Utamaro Gallery (Guide)

From private gestures in ōkubi-e to poster girls and group portraits.

Kitagawa Utamaro’s bijin-ga from the Kansei era — public-domain works from The Met and open-access archives.

Room I

Ten Physiognomies

婦女人相

Ōkubi-e and “types” of Edo women — private gestures rising from mica-ground sheets: a girl blowing a glass toy, a woman reading a letter.

Room II

Three Beauties

寛政三美人

Edo’s celebrated poster girls in one frame — Tomioka Hina, Takashima Ohisa, and Naniwaya Okita. Fashion and refinement in competition.

Room III

Utamakura

歌枕

Poetic place-names and hours of the day. Verse and story enter the picture — from private allure toward narrative emblems.

High-resolution zoom viewing for each work opens on the Japanese pages: 歌麿ギャラリー.

High-resolution digital downloads (best-set JPEG/ZIP on SUZURI): Ukiyo-e digital downloads · 日本語. Checkout on SUZURI is in Japanese; prices are shown in yen.

Selected Utamaro designs are available as print goods (12 works): Ukiyo-e goods · SUZURI store .