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Momochi dori (Myriad Birds)
Long-tailed tit,Warbling white
Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806)
Utamaro stayed with the great publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo and
made illustrations for kibyoshi and sharebon books. Influenced
by Kitao Shigemasa and Torii Kiyonaga, he began to draw full-length portraits
in the Tenmei era (1781-89). Later on, during 1790-91, Utamaro established his
own style depicting three-quarter portraits of the beauties.
His work became very popular because of his vivid new way
of reproducing beauties, and his reputation as a master artist was established.