How to Greet Guests
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Description
Instructions on how to receive guests — the formal protocols of bowing, seating, tea service, and conversational etiquette — formed a genre of didactic illustrated print that Kuniyoshi occasionally produced. Such prints served practical social education alongside their entertainment function, teaching viewers the correct forms of hospitality appropriate to their social station. Kuniyoshi's version likely presents the instructional content with enough visual interest to function as decor while the text guides behavior.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How to Greet Guests was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳).
How to Greet Guests depicts figures, daily life, and interiors.