The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 7, 2026

A woodblock print depicts a woman with light skin tone kneeling during a tea ceremony. Facing left, she wears a patterned gray and green kimono, holding a bamboo ladle over a bowl. A black-framed hearth with a kettle sits in the foreground. Japanese calligraphy (see "Inscriptions") occupies the upper and left sections. On the right, a bamboo vase with flowering branches hangs above a black water bucket.

Woman Performing the Tea Ceremony

c. 1820

Kikukawa Eizan

(Japanese, 1787–1867)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 20.6 x 18.1 cm (8 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.321
Location: Not on view
  • Carl Schraubstadter Collection (sale: American Art Association, February 11, 1921, lot 595)
    (Yamanaka & Co.)
  • Japanese Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 5-October 28, 1934).
  • {{cite web|title=Woman Performing the Tea Ceremony|url=false|author=Kikukawa Eizan|year=c. 1820|access-date=07 October 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1921.321