Utamaro, Great Japanese Art by Tadashi Kobayashi. Published by Kodasha International Ltd., 1982. Hardcover album in original dust jacket. Kitagawa Utamaro, 1753 to 1806, was a Japanese artist of ukiyo-e woodblock print genre who is best known for his bijin okubi-e, so-called large-headed pictures of beautiful women of the 1790s. Tadashi Kobayashi is a contemporary Japanese art critic. Antiquarian Librarian Books Albums Catalogues For Collectors, Oriental Art.