Prints
Women in a Tea House
Woodblock Print
Details
- Author / creator
- Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
- Object type
- Date or period
- late 1780s
- Dimensions summary
- Sheet: 33 × 23 cm
- Place of origin
- Japan
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Ashcombe City Council acquisitions budget, 1930
- Paper / support
- Japanese paper
- State and impression
- Lifetime impression
About this object
This elegant print provides a glimpse into the private life of the courtesan, recording a quiet moment of enjoying tea. Shunman often depicted bijin (beautiful women) in a landscape setting, using subdued color harmonies featuring grays, pale green, and pale purple. In addition to being a printmaker, Shunman was also an accomplished painter, poet, and skilled worker in metal inlay and lacquer.
Materials and technique
Color woodblock print
Signature and marks
Signature: Kubo Shumman ga
