Lion dance by Kitagawa,Utamaro Postcard

Lion dance of a Daikagura performance By Kitagawa, Utamaro. Daikagura Print shows actors in lion costume dancing in front of women and children gathered at a window, and children and adults outside the building. It is generally agreed that he started his career as a pupil of the painter Toriyama Sekien. His early known works are actor portraits and theatre programs.Since 1791 Utamaro concentrated his work on single portraits of women. He took his models from the street or from the pleasure-district Yoshiwara. The stories of his love affairs with the ladies of the "licensed quarters" are said to be abundant.