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Scene in a Tea House
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Scene in a Tea House

Teisai Hokuba · 1805 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; Japanese paper (handmade paper)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Three waitresses in a tea house. In the background an empty sword rack with above it a painting of a man riding an ox. On the lanterns hanging above the veranda is the name of the tea house: Sôkaya. The print appears to advertise the tea house Sôkaya Yasubei at Yagobori Fudô-mae in Edo. With two poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printsurimonokitchen-personnel
Credit lineScene in a Tea House. 1805. Teisai Hokuba. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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