Here’s his contemporary, Utamaro, equally famous and accomplished. He’s not holding back at all! It’s amazing to me that Japan has ceded it’s global erotic leadership in the arts with its pixelations and censorship.

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Young Woman with an Otsue Demon Dressed as an Itinerant Priest, Kitagawa Utamaro, https://t.co/ezJGxCyS0i (Palette: 🖌🎨

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Hokusai, Negai no itoguchi(Plate No. 11), Kitagawa Utamaro, https://t.co/7x16XatawZ (Palette: 🖌🎨

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Courtesan Hanamurasaki of Tamaya, Kitagawa Utamaro, https://t.co/xcfGfs6Byi (Palette: 🖌🎨

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An outfit for all eternity!

The Immortal Qin Gao by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1793-94.

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We love the simple monochrome check!

The Face of Oshun, Wife of Denbei by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1800.

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My take on Hairdresser (Kami-yui), 1797-98, a print by Kitagawa Utamaro, from the series Twelve types of women's handicraft (Fujin Tewaza Juniko) 💕💇

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Thursday ✏️‘Comb’ by Kitagawa Utamaro, woodblock print, about 1785 and now 2018! Have a nice Thursday!

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