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Making the washing place in the tea-ceremony room ready
by Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908) Shosetsu

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	Artist:	Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908) Shosetsu — 年方水野
	Title:	Making the washing place in the tea-ceremony room ready
	Series:	Daily Practise of the Tea Ceremony
	Date of first edition?:	1896
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) — 秋山武右衛門
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeido) — 秋山武右衛門
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Oban
	Format (this edition):	Oban
	DB artwork code:	39520
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Title Tea Ceremony - Cleaning Utencils Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Signature Toshikata. Dated Ca. 1900-1910. Publisher Akiyama Buemon. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Impression Excellent - very good. Colors Excellent - very good … Shomen-zuri patterns. Burnished, silver colored metallic pigment. Condition Excellent - very good … Slight toning, Margins slightly soiled. Description "Tea Ceremony". The hostess and her assistant are cleaning the tea ceremony utencils in "mizuya" (The place to store tea ceremony utencils, usually placed at the back of the host/ess's entrance in the tea room). Width Item 14.6 inches = 37.0 cm Height Item 9.8 inches = 25.0 cm