Woman Taking Tea, from the series Customary Japanese Female Ettiquette
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Chazen Museum of Art
A print from the series "Customary Japanese Female Etiquette" depicting a woman taking tea — one of the ritual social practices that defined the expected behavior of educated Japanese women. The tea ceremony, in its formal (chado) and informal (sado) expressions, was central to feminine cultural education in Meiji Japan, and the act of preparing, serving, and receiving tea carried an elaborate protocol of gesture, posture, and speech that made it simultaneously an aesthetic practice and a social discipline. Chikanobu's documentary image captures both the physical act and its social meaning.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woman Taking Tea, from the series Customary Japanese Female Ettiquette was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Yes — Woman Taking Tea, from the series Customary Japanese Female Ettiquette is part of the Customary Japanese Female Ettiquette series by Toyohara Chikanobu.
Woman Taking Tea, from the series Customary Japanese Female Ettiquette depicts food & drink.
