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Kitagawa Utamaro
Preparing Raw Fishcirca 1798-1799

Not on view
Japanese woodblock print of two women in layered kimonos arranged around a low wooden stand, in soft coral, olive, and black tones

Kitagawa Utamaro, Preparing Raw Fish, circa 1798-1799, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Company, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro
Japan, 1753-1806
Title
Preparing Raw Fish
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
circa 1798-1799
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print, mica
Dimensions
Sheet: 15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm) Image: 15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Frederick R. Weisman Company
Accession Number
M.81.91.3
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Hickey, Gary. Beauty and Desire: in Edo Period Japan. New York, NY: National Gallery of Australia, 1998
  • Singer, Robert T., Carpenter, John T., Goodall-Cristante, Hollis, and Takeda, Sharon Sadako. Edo: Art in Japan 1615-1868. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1998.