Kitagawa Utamaro
Japanese, c. 1754–1806
The Flirtatious Type, from Ten Types in the Physiognomy of Women, c. 1793
Color woodblock print
36.9 × 25.4 cm (14 ½ × 10 in.)
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
Kitagawa Utamaro was well known for his close-up portraits that belonged to a genre, or category, of images called bijinga (pictures of beautiful people). This print is from a series that invites comparisons of the attractiveness of different figures. It comes from a series that assigns personality traits to women based on their physical appearance.
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