*Utamaro: Elements of Beauty* gathers more than 40 woodblock prints by Kitagawa Utamaro from the museum’s collection. His portraits of courtesans, geisha and ordinary women of 1790s Edo use dramatic close-ups that hint at inner lives, along with layered, sheer fashions and scenes of women at work or at home. Illustrated books show the height of Japanese woodblock printing.
![Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcertain-family-926750e154.media.strapiapp.com%2Futa_hour_of_the_ox_2am_ushi_no_kok_d4dc51cf9c.jpg&w=828&q=75)
