Preparing Tea at Miyako Odori Festival — Miyako Odori no Tencha
by Miki Suizan
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
by Miki Suizan
$800–$6,000. Common subjects: $800–$2,000. Key value factors: Miki Suizan's Kyoto maiko prints are the most popular. Condition and subject matter are key value factors.
The Miyako Odori, Kyoto's spring dance festival held each April in the Gion district, culminates in a tea ceremony performed by maiko and geiko for the assembled audience. Suizan depicts the moment of tencha preparation, the whisking of powdered matcha into a frothy bowl, set within the formal context of the festival's tea pavilion. The woman's elaborate festival kimono and carefully arranged hair mark her as a participant in one of Kyoto's most prestigious cultural events. Suizan, working in the city where this annual tradition takes place, brings an insider's specificity to the scene: the particular gestures of tea preparation, the seasonal motifs on the kimono, and the setting all locate this print within a real, recurring event rather than a generic tea ceremony. The woodblock technique renders the textile patterns with sharp precision against the softer treatment of the figure's features.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Preparing Tea at Miyako Odori Festival — Miyako Odori no Tencha was created by Miki Suizan (三木翠山).
Preparing Tea at Miyako Odori Festival — Miyako Odori no Tencha was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Preparing Tea at Miyako Odori Festival — Miyako Odori no Tencha depicts food & drink and summer.
