progress thus far on #KitagawaUtamaro Daikagura
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at zirk.us i post prints of Kitagawa Utamaro, a Japanese artist best known for ukiyo-e woodblock and bijin ōkubi-e of the 1790s. these are taken from the Fan account operated by @artistUtamaro artbot which posted them hourly until early april 2023 when policies here forbade the use of bots.
new york citys first "sandhogs" circa 1872. they were frequently irish immigrants
7th year anniversary of solar panels: reduced carbon footprint 48.8 tons of co2, the equivalent of planting 820 trees
demonstration in Paderborn Germany against the rise of fascism. sign says "no human is illegal." post is from @luca
no picture of morning sun brilliant crossing route one. but on a patch of green before the northern bay a great egret leans into it with his yellow beak
Woman Reading a Letter is actually called Yogoto ni Au Koi (夜毎ニ逢恋, "love that meets each night"). it is one of a series of 5 prints titled Kasen Koi no Bu (歌撰恋之部, "Anthology of Poems: The Love Section") published c. 1793–94.
In 2016 Fukaku Shinobu Koi another print from this series set the record price for an ukiyo-e print sold at auction at €745000.
both versions have a grainy pink background that almost sparkles
Kitagawa Utamaro, A Young Woman Reading A Letter by Kitagawa Utamaro. there are basically two versions of this print. i chose to edit the largest cleanest version i could find
#TheMet #KitagawaUtamarobut there are aspects of the Mets version that are beautiful
https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP143112.jpg
overall a great favourite of mine
#TheMet #KitagawaUtamarobut there are aspects of the Mets version that are beautiful
https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP143112.jpg
overall a great favourite of mine
Two Ladies, Each with a Portion of a Lacquered Mirror by Kitagawa Utamaro
#TheMet #KitagawaUtamaro edited version of
https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP144607.jpg
#TheMet #KitagawaUtamaro edited version of
https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP144607.jpg
Kitagawa Utamaro, Geisha and Attendant on a Rainy Night
#TheMet #KitagawaUtamaro
https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP151601.jpg
#TheMet #KitagawaUtamaro
https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/original/DP151601.jpg