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In this print, Utamaro depicts the famous Okita of the Naniwa teahouse in Asakusa serving a cup of tea. Ohisa was renowned for her beauty and is featured in many bijin-ga (美人画, images of beautiful women) of the period. The poem on the upper left side of the print is presented as a tanzaku (短冊), a thin strip of coloured paper on which a poem is written, and reads "While relaxing at a teahouse in Naniwacho, No one can fail to stop in here as they pass by the leggy weeds of Naniwa's straits whatever his reason for coming" (translation by the MET).
Please refer back to the description of this set as a whole to find more information on other aspects of this print.
Other prints in this set
- Utamaro Famous Beauties
- Young Woman Blowing a Glass Pipe
- The Beauty Ohisa from Takashimaya
- Amusing Expression
- The Waitress Okita of Teahouse Naniwa
- Moatside Prostitute
- Courtesan Ochie from the Koise-ya
- Nightly Love
- Wakaume of the Tamaya House
- Courtesan Smoking Pipe
- Beauty in front of Mirror
- Yamauba and Kintoki
- Beautiful Woman Looking in a Mirror
- Insect Cage
- The Fickle Type
- Courtesan Hanaogi of Ōgiya
- Woman with Comb
- Woman Reading under Mosquito Net
- Courtesan Tomimoto Toyohina
- Woman with Comb
- Obvious Love
- Reflective Love
- Woman Holding a Round Fan
- Heron Maiden
- Love that Rarely Meets
- Cloth case