Travelers' tea house
- Date:
- c. 1804
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; ebangire, surimono
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Travelers pause at a roadside teahouse, a ubiquitous fixture along Edo-period travel routes where weary pilgrims and merchants could rest and take refreshment. Formatted as an ebangire surimono — an irregular, non-standard shape favored for its visual distinction — this ca. 1804 print conveys the social warmth of those brief, transient encounters that animated life along Japan's great highways.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Travelers' tea house was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1804.
Travelers' tea house depicts architecture and food & drink.