Takemoto-School Surimono
Nagayama Kien
1847
Medium
Color woodblock print; surimono
Dimensions
50.8 × 37 cm (20 × 14 5/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
42801
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
During the late 18th century, Japanese culture was strongly influenced by Chinese traditions, such as the steeped-tea ceremony (sencha) illustrated here, and the demand for Chinese-style rituals increased tremendously. Intellectuals, samurai, well-educated townspeople, and artists came to advocate sencha, partly as a reaction against the conventionalism of chanoyu system. Large-scale production of the objects used in the ceremony, often based on imported Chinese objects, accompanied the growing ...