Night Rain of the Tea Stand, from the series "Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

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Night Rain of the Tea Stand, from the series "Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)", c. 1777. Color woodblock print; chuban.

Color woodblock print; chuban · 26.1 × 19.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Night Rain of the Tea Stand, from the series "Eight Scenes of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"
Artist: Torii Kiyonaga Japanese, 1752-1815
Date: c. 1777
Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
Dimensions: 26.1 × 19.7 cm (10 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1752–1815

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.