First dream by Kitagawa,Utamaro

First dream: Fuji, hawks, and eggplants By Kitagawa, Utamaro. Ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi Print shows five women, four men, and a child in a ferry; one man is poling the boat and one man is a porter seated at the back of the boat with baskets of eggplants, the women, child, and a man holding a falcon on his left forearm, and the fourth man may be a hunting party being ferried across the river. View of Mount Fuji in the background. It is generally agreed that he started his career as a pupil of the painter Toriyama Sekien. His early known works are actor portraits and theater programs.Since 1791 Utamaro concentrated his work on single portraits of women. He took his models from the street or from the pleasure district Yoshiwara. The stories of his love affairs with the ladies of the "licensed quarters" are said to be abundant.