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Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Portrait of a Woman
Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Photograph and Digital Image © Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Not for reproduction or publication.
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Object number1960/1.325

Portrait of a Woman

Artist (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Dateca. 1770
Mediumcolor woodblock print
Dimensionsmat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 in. (39.4 × 26 cm)
image: 14 1/2 in. × 10 in. (36.8 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Fillette Many
Exhibition History"The Arts of China and Japan: Selections from the Collection," KIA Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Dec. 15, 2012 - June 9, 2013). "Impressions: Printmaking in Japan," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Apr. 1 - July 23, 2017).Label TextUtamaro was known for bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) in the okubi-e (large head) style. These exaggerated, elongated faces were popular in the 1790s. Utamaro was not only quite famous within his lifetime among Japanese collectors, but became immensely influential long after his death when late 19th-century Western artists discovered the "classical" ukiyo-e prints.