Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketOkita of Naniwaya Serving TeaSize: 40.5cm by 27.0cm (15.94 in by 10.63 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / € Price: Description: "Okita was a beautiful waitress at the Naniwaya tea-house near Asakusa Temple in the city of Edo. When Utamaro created this print of her, she would have been about fifteen years old. Utamaro also included a cartouche in the shape of a poem card in the upper left portion of the print with a poem by Katsura-no-Mayuzumi that further attests to the allure of Okita: Resting at the tea-house in Naniwaya district / Myriad as the reeds of Naniwa Bay / Art those who come running at the name of this shop / Each passerby has to stop" (quoted from the Minneapolis Institute of Art). This particular print is a mid-1970s reproduction by the Takamizawa Company. Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (101) kacho-e (27) landscape (55) bijin-ga (17) contemporary (15) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (72) ebook (7) miscellaneous (5) 8 Cats (3) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (16) Yoshida family prints (87) Doi Hanga prints (53) Miyakodori prints (5) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (12) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (45) kacho-e (22) yakusha-e (18) landscape (225) bijin-ga (134) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (34) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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