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Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese
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Utamaro expanded the scope of the bijin-ga, prints of beautiful women, by removing the traditional idealizing constraints of the genre and placing beautiful women in the context of ordinary life. Among the themes he explored in this broadening of his subject matter were the activities of the kitchen.
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Title: Women Preparing Sashimi
Artist:
Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 1806–20
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919
Object Number: JP1122
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