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A tea-house waitress standing in front of the shoji upon which appear shadows of two women within the house, one of whom is reaching out and grasping the waitress' skirt

A tea-house waitress standing in front of the shoji upon which appear ...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More

Eboshi Orikata, a waitress at the tea house named Naniwaya.  Ringo Udzunari, another waitress at the same tea house  offers her a cup of tea and a third woman, Taira Utafuji is seated about a shoji, and holds a round fan

Eboshi Orikata, a waitress at the tea house named Naniwaya. Ringo Udz...

Utamaro was born in 1753 in Edo (Tokyo) and died in 1806. He is considered the leading Japanese printmaker and painter of bijin. Utamaro started his career as a student of the master painter Toriyama Sekien. Ut... More