Who Was Kitagawa Utamaro?

[@matilda628]

First to say....I LOVE this channel and what it teaches me....keep up the amazing work!

[@MieGallery]

Thanks! I appreciate the support - it's what keeps me going. :)

[@csgarrett1]

Your information is so clear and easy to understand ! Thank you as I love Ukiyo-e and especially how women are depicted.

[@MieGallery]

Thanks! I try to enunciate :)

[@robpitt8197]

Thank you so much for your channel and all the details you put in!!

[@MartinWessels-KrakowPoland]

Oh my God, a lovely presentation

[@88jl88]

Thank you! It was one of the most informative programs I have seen in a long time. Beautifully done! These prints are true treasures of mankind

[@MieGallery]

Great! happy to hear it. Thanks for the support!

[@ross6753]

They're all fantastic, of course, but my favorites are Utamakura, Uwaki no so and Saru no koku. The delicate lines of the faces and necks seen from the back or in profile are soooo genius

[@richardparr1541]

Agreed - thanks for the support!

[@georgehave]

Very informative. His work is timeless

[@michaels7889]

Very enjoyably presented; like your style

[@MieGallery]

Thanks Michael!

[@arielvalencia4583]

lovely video, thanks for sharing one of my all time favorites is utamaro..there is a movie and yes the models existed and were part of his entourage think send you the japan movie 1948 subtitled english... heee! congratulations!

[@MieGallery]

Thanks!

[@davidmayhew8083]

Thakyou!

[@richarddalton8655]

I've always wondered why these ukiyoe artists depicted all women with badically the same kind of faces, lacking any kind of individuality. Could you do a video on this subject?

[@MieGallery]

Yes, I will do a video on that, but there are a lot of nuances in every artists depiction of women and a lot of personality. I think it does come through. It’s a good topic thank you.

[@kerriganm]

Not a Japanese art expert, but a Western art expert: rigid and very narrow female beauty standards in art/media are universal. Those standards were set by the men of whatever time period and region the art/media occurs in. I have always been amused by period pieces in 70s cinema in particular. Whether the movie/TV show/whatever is set in the 1880s, 1920s or 1940s, the women’s bodies, clothes, hair and makeup are precisely what was considered ideal in the 1970s. Hopefully we’re getting past this in this day and age. Or soon…

[@MieGallery]

@@kerriganm I doubt we'll ever get past it - I think the need to invent new looks is tied to our human nature, the need to stand out and be attractive to all sexes. But I am seeing a broadening of styles with the new " identifications" that are becoming popular. Heck, even the cyber world has a whole set of otherworldly beauty conventions.

[@satadlowcers2071]

“Let’s see some prostitutes” 8:02

[@CYBERGRAPHIX-01]

13 minute video...4 commercials. This is getting ridiculous

[@MieGallery]

Yeesh! you are right. I'll see if I can reduce the clutter. Thanks for watching though.

[@mokuhanga1]

@@MieGallery I followed Dave Bull's lead on this: add adsense to this account to then disable all ads. Excellent work btw. Not sure that was a letter though...

[@MieGallery]

@@mokuhanga1 Thanks for the suggestions and the support. What "letter"?