Kitao Shigemasa
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Selected Works73

Museum Acquisitions

Cleveland Museum of Art
Two Beauties
Two Beauties, 1700
Acquired 1985
hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk
LACMA
A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses
A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses, 1776
Acquired 1980
Color woodblock print book
LACMA
A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses
A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses, 1776
Acquired 1980
Color woodblock print books; three volumes
Art Institute of Chicago
Three Types of Chrysanthemums
Three Types of Chrysanthemums, 1790
Acquired 1962
Color woodblock print; surimono
Art Institute of Chicago
Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji
Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji, 1770
Acquired 1942
Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Art Institute of Chicago
The Sakuragawa Teahouse
The Sakuragawa Teahouse, 1777
Acquired 1942
Color woodblock print; oban
Art Institute of Chicago
Two Entertainers and a Maid
Two Entertainers and a Maid, 1777
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; oban
Art Institute of Chicago
The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765
The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765, 1765
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Otawaraya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Tsuruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Tsuruya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Yotsumaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Yotsumaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Yotsumaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Yotsumaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Okamoto, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Okamoto, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Maruebiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Maruebiya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Kado Daikokuya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Kado Daikokuya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Shin Kanaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Shin Kanaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Kiriya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Kiriya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Autumn Flowers: Peonies and Bellflowers, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. ２
Autumn Flowers: Peonies and Bellflowers, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. ２, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; single-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Courtesans of Oebuji, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Courtesans of Oebuji, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2, 1776
Acquired 1940
Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book
Art Institute of Chicago
Plum Branch
Plum Branch
Acquired 1939
Color woodblock print; surimono
Art Institute of Chicago
Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune
Boy as Hotei, from an untitled series of children as the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, 1780
Acquired 1930
Color woodblock print; oban
Cleveland Museum of Art
Doll Playing a Hand Drum
Doll Playing a Hand Drum, 1770
Acquired 1921
color woodblock print
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ichikawa Raizo as Abe no Seimei
Ichikawa Raizo as Abe no Seimei, 1760
Acquired 1921
color woodblock print

Previous Sales

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TILLSKRIVEN. "Kurtisaner" träsnitt, Japan, Edo, omkring 1800.
TILLSKRIVEN. "Kurtisaner" träsnitt, Japan, Edo, omkring 1800.
SEK 400 ($38 USD)
Mar 2026
Christie's
A box of hyakunin isshu poem cards and an adonis flower
A box of hyakunin isshu poem cards and an adonis flower
$8,820
Sep 2022
Sotheby's
Two geisha rehearsing a song
Two geisha rehearsing a song, 1770
$4,485
Jul 2022
Bonhams
Ushi no toshi (Year of the Ox)
Ushi no toshi (Year of the Ox), 1817
$3,187
Sep 2021
Christie's
Two beauties
Two beauties, 1775
$10,000
Sep 2021
Christie's
The poet Sugawara Michizane
The poet Sugawara Michizane, 1760
$2,375
Sep 2021
Bonhams
A middle-aged husband and wife making love behind their young daughter practising calligraphy in front of half-opened shoji doors overlooking a garden
A middle-aged husband and wife making love behind their young daughter practising calligraphy in front of half-opened shoji doors overlooking a garden, 1773
$1,254
May 2021
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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花鳥写真図彙; 花鳥写真図会(かちょうえ しゃしん ずえ)|True Depictions of Bird and Flower Pictures (Kachōe shashin zui) 花鳥写真図彙; 花鳥写真図会(かちょうえ しゃしん ずえ)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.810a–c · Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
絵本高麗嶽|Picture Book of the Foot and Peak of the Mountain (Ehon komagatake 絵本高麗嶽
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.809a–c · Set of three woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
絵本武者鞋|Picture Book of the Warriors' Sandals (Ehon musha waraji) 絵本武者鞋
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.808 · Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
閨暦大雑書玉門大成|Erotica; Compendium Guide to the Brothels of Osaka (Keiryaku ōzassho gyokumon taisei) 閨暦大雑書玉門大成
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.807 · Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Two Beauties
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 1985 · Accession 1985.274 · hanging scroll, pillar painting: ink and color on silk
The Kelvin Smith Collection, given by Mrs. Kelvin Smith
A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1980 · Accession M.80.219.9 · Color woodblock print book
Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse
A Mirror of Competing Beauties of the Green Houses
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 1980 · Accession M.80.219.7-.9 · Color woodblock print books; three volumes
Gift of Caroline and Jarred Morse
Three Types of Chrysanthemums
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1962 · Accession 1962.299 · Color woodblock print; surimono
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Henderson
Priest Saigyo Contemplating Mount Fuji
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1942 · Accession 1942.136 · Color woodblock print; hashira-e
Clarence Buckingham Collection
The Sakuragawa Teahouse
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1942 · Accession 1942.108 · Color woodblock print; oban
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Two Entertainers and a Maid
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1940 · Accession 1939.2198 · Color woodblock print; oban
Clarence Buckingham Collection
The Actors Bando Hikosaburo II as Watanabe no Tsuna and Matsumoto Tomijuro as Hakamadare no Yasusuke in the play "Furitsumu Hana Nidai Genji," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1765
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 1940 · Accession 1939.939 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e
Frederick W. Gookin Collection
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death
Kitao Shigemasa dies
Jan 1, 1820
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birth
Kitao Shigemasa born
Jan 1, 1739