Kitagawa Utamaro , artist
Japanese, 1754 - 1806 [Courtesan with a pipe], 1796 - 1798
color woodcut
37.5 x 25.3 cm (image)
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Artist Biography: Kitagawa (formerly Toriyama) Shimbi.Go= Entaisai, Issoshurichosai, Mokueun, Sekiyo, Utamaro. Studio name= Murasakiya, Shibaya. Painter and printmaker in Edo. Pupil of Toriyama Sekien, inlfuenced by Masanobu and Kiyonaga.
