Three Beauties of the Present Day

Utamaro arranges three celebrated beauties in a triangle, their faces nearly identical but for tiny telling differences. He was the great poet of the idealized female portrait.

Three Beauties of the Present Day

Kitagawa Utamaro

  • Datec. 1793
  • MovementUkiyo-e
  • Where(multiple collections), (woodblock print)
  • RegionEast Asia · Japan