Kitagawa Utamaro: the artist who loved women

The Nakadaya Tea-House (c1794-5) Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum

The Fukuju Tea-House (c1794-5) Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum

Reflective Love, from a series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section (c1793-4) Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum

Okita checking her makeup in a full-length mirror (c1792-3) Photograph: he Trustees of the British Museum

Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, from Poem of the Pillow, (1788) Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum

Hour of the Hare: Servant Women, from a series Customs of Beauties Around the Clock (c1798-9) Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum

A Comparison of the Looks of the Seven Lucky Beauties (c1793-4) Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum