His luck was reversed shortly after with a new success: Utamaro began producing the first bijin ōkubi-e portraits, adapting ōkubi-e to the bijin-ga genre.
Keberuntungannya terbalik tak lama setelah dengan kesuksesan baru: Utamaro mulai memproduksi potret pertama bijin ōkubi-e, mengadaptasi ōkubi-e ke genre bijin-ga.