Minneapolis Institute of Art
Naniwaya Teahouse Waitress Okita
Kitagawa Utamaro; Publisher: Tsutaya JūzaburōLinkedCulture matchlcp-fe13b9ca7b73
- Date
- c. 1793
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 8208
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
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. Japan, Asia
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Richard P. Gale
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