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The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

婦人相学十躰浮気之相

c. 1793

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print
Measurements
36.9 x 25.4 cm (14 1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.218
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Location
235A Japanese
Print
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Only two impressions from this series have pink mica.

Description

Kitagawa Utamaro was well known for his close-up portraits that belonged to a genre, or category, of images called bijinga (pictures of beautiful people). This print is from a series that invites comparisons of the attractiveness of different figures. It comes from a series that assigns personality traits to women based on their physical appearance.
A vertically oriented color woodblock print depicts a woman with light skin tone facing our right, looking back over her left shoulder. Her black hair is swept into a bun with a comb and pin. She wears a patterned green and yellow kimono slipping from her shoulder while holding a translucent cloth. Calligraphy sits in a box at the upper left against a muted reddish-brown background.

The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women

c. 1793

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, c. 1754–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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