Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Plot Summary

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular. Ocho, a resident of an apartment building, hears about this and secretly plans to follow Otose, the owner of Mizuta-ya, who became famous as Utamaro's model. At this time, the Kano school, headed by Kano Eikawa, which was under the control of the shogunate, is dissatisfied with Utamaro's fame and tries to compromise him…

Top Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa Kitagawa Utamaro

Chikage Awashima

Yasuko Nakada

Keiko Awaji

Hitomi Nozoe