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Utamaro II KITAGAWA  -  died 1831      

Utamaro II Kitagawa

Utamaro II Kitagawa died 1831

Utamaro II was a pupil of Utamaro I with the name of Koikawa Shuncho. He is believed to have worked very closely for Utamaro Kitagawa in his late years. After the master's death he married the widow and adopted the master's name. He created woodblock prints in the style of Utamaro I over an extended period and signed them with the same go until ca. 1820.
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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs