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: series in original language: creation date: early 1790s creation date earliest: 1790 creation date latest: 1794 current location: creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) technique: One of a triptych of color woodblock prints department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769–1825) - artist --- measurements: 39.2 x 26.4 cm (15 7/16 x 10 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signature: Toyokuni ga Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eiju han, emblem) Censorship Seal: kiwame translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Transformations in Japanese Printmaking opening date: 1984-09-25T04:00:00 Transformations in Japanese Printmaking. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 30, 1984). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- 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 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1916– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1113.b/1916.1113.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1113.b/1916.1113.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1113.b/1916.1113.b_full.tif