# Kitagawa Utamaro

Artist galleries · hang 749 · 12 works

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c.1753–1806). Every work of theirs in the collection, in today's hang.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [A Courtesan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-courtesan-met-40601), Kitagawa Utamaro. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/a-courtesan-met-40601?hang=749)
2. [Net Fishing at Night on the Sumida River](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/net-fishing-at-night-on-the-sumida-river-cma-95356), Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1800. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/net-fishing-at-night-on-the-sumida-river-cma-95356?hang=749)
3. [Yamauba and Kintarō Playing with a Cherry](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/yamauba-and-kintaro-playing-with-a-cherry-met-45099), Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1795. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/yamauba-and-kintaro-playing-with-a-cherry-met-45099?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [“Hour of the Rat: Mistress,” from the series Women’s Daily Customs (Fuzoku bijin tokei)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hour-of-the-rat-mistress-from-the-series-women-s-daily-custo-met-51137), Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/hour-of-the-rat-mistress-from-the-series-women-s-daily-custo-met-51137?hang=749)
5. [Jihei of Kamiya Eloping with the Geisha Koharu of Kinokuniya, from the series “True Feelings Compared: The Founts of Love” (Jitsu kurabe iro no Minakami)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/jihei-of-kamiya-eloping-with-the-geisha-koharu-of-kinokuniya-met-57011), Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1798–99. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/jihei-of-kamiya-eloping-with-the-geisha-koharu-of-kinokuniya-met-57011?hang=749)
6. [“Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hanamurasaki-of-the-tamaya-from-the-series-seven-komachi-of-met-55138), Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1790. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/hanamurasaki-of-the-tamaya-from-the-series-seven-komachi-of-met-55138?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "Comparing the Charms of Five Beauties (Gonin bijin aikyo kurabe)"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kisegawa-of-the-matsubaya-from-the-series-comparing-the-char-aic-77436), Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1795/96. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/kisegawa-of-the-matsubaya-from-the-series-comparing-the-char-aic-77436?hang=749)
8. [Young man and his party crossing a stream before Mt. Fuji](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/young-man-and-his-party-crossing-a-stream-before-mt-fuji-aic-23715), Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1798/1800. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/young-man-and-his-party-crossing-a-stream-before-mt-fuji-aic-23715?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

9. [Peonies](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/peonies-aic-47580), Kitagawa Utamaro, n.d.. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/peonies-aic-47580?hang=749)
10. [Women Grating Radish for Sashimi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/women-grating-radish-for-sashimi-met-37315), Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1798–99. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/women-grating-radish-for-sashimi-met-37315?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

11. [The Ninth Month, from the series Five Amorous Festivals of Love (Aibore iro no gosekku)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-ninth-month-from-the-series-five-amorous-festivals-of-lo-aic-36300), Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/the-ninth-month-from-the-series-five-amorous-festivals-of-lo-aic-36300?hang=749)
12. [Kiyomizu Komachi, from the series Futabagusa nana Komachi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/kiyomizu-komachi-from-the-series-futabagusa-nana-komachi-met-54871), Kitagawa Utamaro, 1790s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro/kiyomizu-komachi-from-the-series-futabagusa-nana-komachi-met-54871?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e?hang=749&via=continue) (172 works)
- [18th-century Japan](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-japan?hang=749&via=continue) (92 works)