Tarozuki
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The term "tarozuki" refers to a male character type — the naive or simple-minded young man — suggesting this print may depict a narrative scene or a pairing between characters. Utamaro occasionally worked in a comic vein, using stock character types from popular culture and theater, and the title suggests this work participates in that tradition rather than in the purely aesthetic bijin-ga mode.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Tarozuki was created by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿).
Tarozuki depicts figures and daily life.