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33-01-10/39 Kitagawa Utamaro Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop, Edo period, Japan, c1792-c1793. Ohisa turns to glance questioningly at someone just outside the picture. Her black gauze kimono has a pattern of yellow and white flashes, and the neck line is carefully arranged to reveal the back of her neck. Her obi (sash) has a design of a plover wheeling above stylized waves. The fan bears the triple oak leaf family crest (mon) of the Takashima family. She was one of the favourite subjects of several Ukiyo-e print artists in the 1790s, especially Utamaro. She was the daughter of the proprietor of the Takashima chain of cake-shops and tea shops in Edo and seems to have made her reputation serving tea at the family shop near Ryôgoku Bridge. Her beauty is celebrated in the poem in the top right, by Karabana Tadaaya. JA, 1927.6-13.06 British Museum, London, Great Britain: View Select

33-01-10/30 Kitagawa Utamaro Sugawara no Michizane in Chinese dress, Muromachi period, Japan, late 15th century. Holding a small branch of plum blossom, the badge of a Chinese scholar-gentleman. His Chinese appearance may be a reference to the legend that he studied Zen in China after his death. One of his poems is inscribed at the top of the painting. A cultural figure of the Heian period (794 -1185), he is still widely regarded in Japan as the patron of scholarship. He was a scholar of Chinese and also a politician who rose to be Minister of the Right, one of the highest ranks in the government of the time. After his death in exile there were several disasters in the capital of Kyoto which people believed were caused by his angry spirit. He was therefore raised to the rank of a Shintô deity (renamed Karai Tenjin). In the Muromachi period (1333-1568) there was a revival of interest in kambun (Chinese-style writing) and Michizane's reputation was re-established as the greatest Japanese poet who had written in the Chinese language.Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro JA, JP 1 (1913.5-1.038) British Museum, London, Great Britain: View Select

33-01-08/ 4 Kitagawa Utamaro Geisha of the House of Sumiyoshi before a mirror. Musee Guimet, Paris, France: View Select

33-01-10/18 Kitagawa Utamaro Lovers in an upstairs room, from "Uta makura" - Poem of the Pillow. Edo period, 1788. JA, OA+133.06 British Museum, London, Great Britain: View Select

Kitagawa Utamaro

Ohisa of the Takashima tea-shop, Edo period, Japan, c1792-c1793. Ohisa turns to glance questioningly at someone just outside the picture. Her black gauze kimono has a pattern of yellow and white flashes, and the neck line is carefully arranged to reveal the back of her neck. Her obi (sash) has a design of a plover wheeling above stylized waves. The fan bears the triple oak leaf family crest (mon) of the Takashima family. She was one of the favourite subjects of several Ukiyo-e print artists in the 1790s, especially Utamaro. She was the daughter of the proprietor of the Takashima chain of cake-shops and tea shops in Edo and seems to have made her reputation serving tea at the family shop near Ryôgoku Bridge. Her beauty is celebrated in the poem in the top right, by Karabana Tadaaya. JA, 1927.6-13.06British Museum, London, Great Britain

Kitagawa Utamaro

Sugawara no Michizane in Chinese dress, Muromachi period, Japan, late 15th century. Holding a small branch of plum blossom, the badge of a Chinese scholar-gentleman. His Chinese appearance may be a reference to the legend that he studied Zen in China after his death. One of his poems is inscribed at the top of the painting. A cultural figure of the Heian period (794 -1185), he is still widely regarded in Japan as the patron of scholarship. He was a scholar of Chinese and also a politician who rose to be Minister of the Right, one of the highest ranks in the government of the time. After his death in exile there were several disasters in the capital of Kyoto which people believed were caused by his angry spirit. He was therefore raised to the rank of a Shintô deity (renamed Karai Tenjin). In the Muromachi period (1333-1568) there was a revival of interest in kambun (Chinese-style writing) and Michizane's reputation was re-established as the greatest Japanese poet who had written in the Chinese language.Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro JA, JP 1 (1913.5-1.038)British Museum, London, Great Britain