There is very little reliable documentation about the early years of the artist Kitagawa Utamaro. Information about the date of birth and family circumstances is vague. The Japanese artist, whose maiden name is Kitagawa Nebsuyoshi and at times called himself Toyoaki, deepened his artistic talent with the painter Toriyama. Kitagawa's technique was the representation in woodblock printing and belonged to a movement of artists of the ukiyo-e style. In the "Pictures of the Floating World", the realistic depictions of the picture rolls are mixed with decorative elements. The art movement was closely connected with the entertainment districts of Japan.
After some studies of the scenic beauty of Japan, the artist developed a predilection for the beauty of women. He completed his depictions of women with a precision and devotion like no other artist of his time. The women also loved Kitagawa and so he created numerous precise woodblock prints with the ladies from tea houses. The artist composed his print scenes respectfully, sensitively and in keeping with the family status of women.
The work "Three Beauties of the Present Day" is a woodblock print showing three geishas in a triangular composition. The three ladies were known for their beauty in Edo, today's Tokyo. They were actresses and dancers, familiar with the artist and perhaps they were his courtesans. These beauties inspired Utamaro and are a regular motif in his works.
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 (see also 159179) - (MeisterDrucke-81989).jpg "Young Woman Applying Make-up by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Bathing in Cold Water by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Ten Physiognomic Types of Women, Coquettish Type by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Yamauba and Kintoki. The mother combs her hair while carrying her child on her back. Japanese print by Utamaro Kitagawa. 18th century. Paris, Guimet Museum, Asian Arts Museum by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-208284).jpg "Three girls paddling in a river, from the")
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.jpg "Bust Portrait of the Heroine Kioto of the Itoya by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "In the Kitchen, ca. 1794-95 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, from the series \"Courtesans of the Five Festivals\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyogoya Rolling a Letter by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Asahiya Widow, from the series Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-42255).jpg "Takigawa from the Tea-House, Ogi by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190952).jpg "A woman holding a dog in her arms, from")
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.jpg "A Bust Portrait of the Waitress Okita of the Naniwaya Teahouse by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Sweetflag and Rocks in a Basin of Water from the Series Imitations of the Eight Views by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298512).jpg "A Set of Three Romantic Journeys by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A woman powdering her neck with shade by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 c1803 and Asahiya Goke the widow from the series Komei bijin rokkasen c1796 (woodblock prin - (MeisterDrucke-43011).jpg "An Impertinent Woman, from the series")
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.jpg "Toji San Bijin by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1003613).jpg "Woman painting herself. Artwork by Utamaro Kitagawa (1753-1806). by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Women, ca. 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Three Beauties of the Present Day by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-311641).jpg "Snake and Lizard by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman wiping sweat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-44535).jpg "Two Female Figures by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Bathing In Cold Water by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Writing by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Representation of a Japanese couple stroking each other on a bench. Prints by Utamaro Kitagawa. Paris, Guimet Museum, National Museum of Asian Arts by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Sitting on Veranda by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Takashima Ohisa, Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Beauties by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman with Puppies by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Se_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299389).jpg "Hour of the Dragon, from the series")
_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Se_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299389).jpg)
_from_the_series_The_Treasury_of_Loyal_Retainers_(Chushingura)_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1540765).jpg "Act IX, from the series \"The Treasury of Loyal Retainers\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
_from_the_series_The_Treasury_of_Loyal_Retainers_(Chushingura)_c_-_(MeisterDrucke-1540765).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1363361).jpg "Geisha and Lover by Freestanding Screen (Negai no itoguchi) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Ashi-gai, Hamaguri, Ko-gai, Suzume-gai, Akoya-gai, and Katashi-gai, from the Illustrated Book \"Gifts from the Ebb Tide\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(S_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298721).jpg "Hour of the Sheep, from the series")
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.jpg "Beni-gai, Hora-gai, Urauzu-gai, Wasure-gai, Chiyonohana-gai, and Masuho-gai, from the Illustrated Book")
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.jpg "Shiro-gai, namima-gashiwa, makura-gai, iro-gai, aza-gai, sadae-gai, from the illustrated book \"Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361793).jpg "Older Married Couple Making Love by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Five_Shades_of_Ink_in_the_Nor_-_(MeisterDrucke-1298853).jpg "A Low Class Prostitute, from the series \"Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Minashi-gai, shio-gai, katatsu-gai, miso-gai, chijimi-gai, and chigusa-gai, from the illustrated book")
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![Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba) from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day" ("Toji zensei bijin-zoroe") by Kitagawa Utamaro](/kunstwerke/300px/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Somenosuke_of_the_Matsubaya_whose_attendants_are_Wakagi_Wakaba_(Matsubaya_uchi_S_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299326).jpg "Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba) from the series \"Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day\" (\"Toji zensei bijin-zoroe\") by Kitagawa Utamaro")
![Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, [whose attendants are] Wakagi, Wakaba (Matsubaya uchi Somenosuke, Wakagi, Wakaba) from the series "Array of Supreme Beauties of the Present Day" ("Toji zensei bijin-zoroe") by Kitagawa Utamaro](/kunstwerke/400w/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Somenosuke_of_the_Matsubaya_whose_attendants_are_Wakagi_Wakaba_(Matsubaya_uchi_S_-_(MeisterDrucke-1299326).jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of a Mother Breastfeeding Her Child, from the Series")
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.jpg "A Young Girl Looking Through a Nozoki Megane, Magic Lantern, from the Series Ten Forms of Feminine Physiognomies by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Geisha in Kimono with Long Sleeves and Her Lover by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(Seir_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290255).jpg "Hour of the Tiger, from the series \"Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Komurasaki and Gonpachi, from the series \"Fashonable Patterns in Utamaro Style\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series \"Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_k_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271808).jpg "No. 1, from the series")
_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_k_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271808).jpg)
.jpg "Hinazuru of the Keizetsuro, from the series")
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_from_the_series_T_-_(MeisterDrucke-1302722).jpg "Husband and Wife Caught in an Evening Shower, from the series \"Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
_from_the_series_T_-_(MeisterDrucke-1302722).jpg)
![Hour of the Rat [12pm], from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara" by Kitagawa Utamaro](/kunstwerke/300px/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Hour_of_the_Rat_12pm_(Ne_no_koku)_from_the_series_The_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274528).jpg "Hour of the Rat [12pm], from the series \"The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Women Preparing Gion Bean Curd, from the series \"Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Sankatsu and Hanshichi, from the series")
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.jpg "Tatsumi Roko, from the series")
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.jpg "Newlywed Couple Making Love on a Summer Sleeping Mat by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Shiro-gai, Namima-gashiwa, Makura-gai, Iro-gai, Aza-gai, Sadae-gai, from the Illustrated Book")
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![Hour of the Hare [6am], from the series](/kunstwerke/300px/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Hour_of_the_Hare_6am_(U_no_koku)_from_the_series_The_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297649).jpg "Hour of the Hare [6am], from the series")
![Hour of the Hare [6am], from the series](/kunstwerke/400w/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Hour_of_the_Hare_6am_(U_no_koku)_from_the_series_The_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiwara_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297649).jpg)
_from_the_series_Three_Evening_Pleasure_o_-_(MeisterDrucke-1302915).jpg "Mother and Child at Dusk, from the series \"Three Evening Pleasures of the Floating World\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Hanaogi of the Ogiya, from the series \"Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Exhaling Smoke from a Pipe, from the series \"Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Young Samurai, Rikiya, with Konami and Honzo Partly Hidden Behind the Door, Act II of")
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_from_the_series_Seven_Bad_Habits_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275240).jpg "The Habit of Boisterousness, from the Series Seven Bad Habits by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "A Box at the Kabuki Theater, from the illustrated book")
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.jpg "Half Length Portrait of a Woman Smoking by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-190279).jpg "Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1640209).jpg "The Flowers of the Seasons - Spring, Edo Period, c.1805 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1364759).jpg "Prostitute Kissing a Young Man by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Cloth-Stretcher, from the series \"Twelve Types of Women")
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_(Shichi-_-_(MeisterDrucke-1277365).jpg "Act Seven, from the series \"Treasury of the Loyal Retainers\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Last page of the Book of Shells, 1790 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1296104).jpg "Preface, from the illustrated book")
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.jpg "Couple caressing under the gaze of the handmaid by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_from_the_series_Anthology_of_Poems_The_Love_Section_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276149).jpg "Obvious Love, from the series \"Anthology of Poems: The Love Section\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Asahiya Widow, from the series \"Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Woman Reads while Child Sleeps on her Lap, from the series \"Elegant Comparison of Little Treasures\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Poet Fun")
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.jpg "Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya, from the series \"Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1296737).jpg "Preface, from the illustrated book")
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_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_Favorite_Things_of_Today_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290274).jpg "Fond of Sake, from the series")
_from_the_series_Eight_Views_of_Favorite_Things_of_Today_-_(MeisterDrucke-1290274).jpg)
_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_k_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272859).jpg "No. 7 (nana), from the series \"Women Engaged in the Sericulture Industry\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
_from_the_series_Women_Engaged_in_the_Sericulture_Industry_(Joshoku_k_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272859).jpg)
_Sun_03_-_(MeisterDrucke-999607).jpg "The toilet of the elegante by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Two Women on Verandah on a Snowy Morning, from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons,\" vol. 2 by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Sudare-gai, hana-gai, sakura-gai, mumeno-gai, nadeshiko-gai, and kinuta-gai, from the illustrated book \"Gifts from the Ebb Tide (Shiohi no tsuto)\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series \"Modern Children as the Six Immortal Poets\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Enjoying Fireworks (from the illustrated book \"Picture Book: Flowers of the Four Seasons,\" vol. 1) by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Secret Affair of a Married Man and a Married Woman by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Matsumoto Koshiro IV and Nakayama Tomisaburo, the left hand sheet of a triptych entitled \"Six Actors Likened to the Immortal Poets\" (\"Yakusha Rokkasen\") by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Preparing Food for a Nightingale, from the Illustrated Kyoka Anthology")
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.jpg "Kakogawa Konami, Oboshi Rikiya and the Maidservant Suki from the series Models of Love Talk: Clouds Form Over the Moon by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1365708).jpg "Young Citizen")
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.jpg "The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Mother and Child, from the Series")
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![Hour of the Monkey [4pm], from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara" by Kitagawa Utamaro](/kunstwerke/300px/Kitagawa_Utamaro_-_Hour_of_the_Monkey_4pm_(Saru_no_koku)_from_the_series_The_Twelve_Hours_in_Yoshiw_-_(MeisterDrucke-1278772).jpg "Hour of the Monkey [4pm], from the series \"The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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.jpg "Tying Thread, from the series \"Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity\" by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1361619).jpg "Loving Couple Beside a Room Divider by Kitagawa Utamaro")
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