# Peonies, in 18th-century Japan

Kitagawa Utamaro designed this (n.d.). It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: n.d.
- Medium: Color woodblock print; surimono
- Dimensions: 16.9 × 47.2 cm (6 11/16 × 18 5/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.652
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Kitagawa Utamaro](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/kitagawa-utamaro), Japanese, c.1753–1806

Utamaro trained with the painter Toriyama Sekien and rose to fame in the 1790s with the support of the publisher Tsutaya Jūzaburō.

12 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Kitagawa Utamaro](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/kitagawa-utamaro?hang=749) (12 works)
- [More Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/ukiyo-e?hang=749) (172 works)
- [The 18th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18?hang=749) (347 works)

## Get it

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