id:			95354
accession number:	1916.1113.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1113.b
updated:		2023-08-23 18:05:25.611000

The Shika Teahouse, early 1790s. Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825). One of a triptych of color woodblock prints; 39.2 x 26.4 cm (15 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1113.b

title:				The Shika Teahouse
title in original language:	しか茶屋
series:				
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creation date:			early 1790s
creation date earliest:		1790
creation date latest:		1794
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
copyright:			

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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

* Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825)  - artist

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measurements: 39.2 x 26.4 cm (15 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Toyokuni ga
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eiju han, emblem)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Transformations in Japanese Printmaking
	opening date:   1984-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>Transformations in Japanese Printmaking</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Jeptha Homer Wade II [1857–1926] and Mrs. Ellen Garretson Wade [1859–1917], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1916
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1916–
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wall description:
Exotic birds and tobacco—Western imports—feature in this composition. Peacocks and parrots were brought to Japan by Dutch traders in the 1700s. Many of the visitors to this teahouse, which specialized in displays of foreign birds, admire the unusual fowl while sipping tea and smoking long pipes. The birds have attracted curious courtesans, entertainers, samurai, merchants and their wives, and even a Buddhist monk.
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