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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketOkita of Naniwaya serving tea![]() Size: 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). There are many creases to the print. ![]() Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (95) kacho-e (26) landscape (47) bijin-ga (15) contemporary (17) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (66) ebook (11) supplies (2) miscellaneous (14) guest (13) 8 Cats (3) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (15) Yoshida family prints (75) Doi Hanga prints (53) Miyakodori prints (3) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (47) kacho-e (15) yakusha-e (38) landscape (56) bijin-ga (42) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (0) set (17) books (1) (Recently sold items) |
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