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7 January
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26 March
2017

Utamaro and the Lure of Japan

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT, USA

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Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753‐1806)
Cherry Blossoms at Yoshiwara

c. 1793

Hanging scroll
Ink, gouache, gold and gold‐leaf on bamboo paper
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1957.17

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753‐1806)
Fukagawa in the Snow

c. 1802‐1806

Hanging scroll
Color on paper
OKADA MUSEUM OF ART

Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese 1769-1825)
A Young Lady About to Meet a Youth

c. 1799

Print
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse, 1954.39

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
Two Geisha Preparing for a Fancy Dress Procession

c. 1782

Woodblock print
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Jared K. Morse, 1954.40

Large Jar with Cover

Japanese, 1875

Koransha porcelain works, decorated by Ichiryusai Uchimatsu
Porcelain
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection, 1905.1279

Samurai Sword

Japanese, c. 1853

Kunihiko Takenaka
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
The Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt Collection, 1905.103