Kitagawa Utamaro: A Japanese Artist Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) was a Japanese artist and one of the most respected designers of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints and paintings and is best known for his Bijinōkubie "Pictures of Beautiful Women with Big Heads" from the 1790s. He has also done nature studies, particularly picture books of insects. A very little fact is known about Utamaro's... View more