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Image Not Available for Teahouse Waitress behind a Bamboo Blind, from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places
Teahouse Waitress behind a Bamboo Blind, from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places
Image Not Available for Teahouse Waitress behind a Bamboo Blind, from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places

Teahouse Waitress behind a Bamboo Blind, from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places

Dateca. 1795-96
Label TextBamboo Blind utilizes a compositional technique Utamaro often employed: a transparent layer that separates viewer from subject. By partially obscuring a form with a gauzy robe, mosquito net, or woven grass shade, the artist both concealed and revealed, heightening a sense of voyeuristic mystery. It required rare skill to produce such subtle color changes and sophisticated designs.
Object number2017.23.8
Provenance[Israel Goldman Japanese Prints, London, England]; purchased from gallery by Allan Kollar, Seattle, Washington, 2004; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle, May 5 - Sept. 9, 2007. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Fleeting Beauty: Japanese Woodblock Prints, Apr. 1 - July 4, 2010. Text by Catherine Roche. Cat. no. 23, reproduced p. 46 and frontispiece. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Renegade Edo: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec, July 21 - Dec. 3, 2023. Text by Xiaojin Wu. No cat. no., pp. 37, 100, reproduced pl. 10.Published ReferencesShirahara, Yukiko. "Ukiyo-e: The Aesthetics of Pleasure." In A Community of Collectors, Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 2008; p. 171, reproduced no. 146.
Credit LineGift of Mary and Allan Kollar, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
DimensionsSheet: 15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (39.1 x 26 cm)
MediumWoodblock print; ink and color on paper
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Hands inside the Sleeves (Futokorode), from the series Eight Views of Tea Stalls in Celebrated Places (Meisho koshikake hakkei)
ca. 1795-96
Object number: 2017.23.6
Photo: Susan Cole
Plum Garden at Kameido (Kameido Ume yashiki), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1857
Object number: 2017.23.22
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Drum Bridge and Setting Sun Hill, Meguro (Meguro, Taikobashi, Yuhi ga oka), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1857
Object number: 2017.23.25
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Moon Cape, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo
1857
Object number: 2017.23.23
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Ichigaya Hachiman Shrine (Ichigaya Hachiman), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1858
Object number: 2017.23.3
Photo: Susan Cole
Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa, Kinryuzan), from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)
1856
Object number: 2017.23.24
Photo: Susan Cole
Evening Rain on the Nihon Embankment (Nihon zutsumi no yau), from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)
1766
Object number: 2013.31.2
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Lingering Snow on Mount Hira (Hira no bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of Omi (Omi hakkei no uchi)
ca. 1834-35
Object number: 2017.23.2
Photo: Colleen Kollar Zorn
Fujikawa (Fujikawa), from the series Pictures of Famous Places on the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan-tsugi meisho zue)
1855
Object number: 2017.23.21
Image Not Available for Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Tago Beach near Eijiri on the Tokaido Highway, Simplified View (Tokaido Eijiri tago-no-ura ryakuzu), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-33
Object number: 2010.47.2
Photo: William Wickett
South Wind, Clear Dawn (Gaifu kaisei), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.15
Image Not Available for Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Rainstorm beneath the Summit (Sanka haku-u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai
ca. 1830-32
Object number: 2010.47.3