Kitagawa UTAMARO
(Japan 1753?–1806)
- Title
- The coquettish woman
- Other titles:
- Woman, Blossoming variety of [women's] speech styles: The coquettish woman
- Alternative title:
- Sakiwake kotoba-no hana: adamono
- Place of origin
-
Japan
- Period
- Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868 → Japan
- Year
- 1802
- Media category
- Materials used
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
-
Ôban tate-e: 37.3 x 25.8cm image/sheet
- Signature & date
- Signed l.r. in Japanese, ink [incised on block] "Utamaro hitsu [drawn by Utamaro]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1930
- Accession number
- 4368
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Utamaro dominated 'ukiyo-e' of the 1790s. The master of the female psychological portrait, he captured every nuance of his subjects' sensual persona. One of Utamaro's innovations was the 'large head' print ('okubi-e'), where the focus was on the face and upper body, thus allowing the viewer to relate to the individuality of the person portrayed.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.249.
- Bibliography (3)
-
Jackie Menzies (Australia) (Author), The Floating World: Japan's world of transient pleasures, Sydney, 1994, not paginated. cat.no. M30
Gary Hickey (Author), Beauty & desire in Edo period Japan, Parkes, 1998, 31 (colour illus.), 70. fig.no. 25
'The Floating World', The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 249 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (2)
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The Floating World: Japan's World of transient pleasures, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 25 May 1994–17 Jul 1994.
Beauty and Desire in Edo period Japan, National Gallery of Australia, 06 Jun 1998–09 Aug 1998.
