Kitagawa Utamaro was a famous Japanese woodcut artist whose
work tended to focus on women. Utamaro was an 18th century artist.
His work featured slightly stylized images of women. Utamaro
did not use color to show light or darkness in his work. He used stylized lines
of varying thicknesses to tell a story.
One of Utamaro’s well known works is Hairdressing, which
shows a Japanese woman having her hair styled. Appearance and personal grooming
were important parts of Japanese culture.
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