Japanese Ukiyoe Woman Kaishi Tea Ceremony Utamaro Bijinga Woodblock Print FL462 seed compartment dividers warped

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The subject is shushin 'self-improvement' (morals) and it features 20 lessons

The lid is the same design

and other trinkets

This vintage Japanese hanging scroll (kakejiku or makimono) represents a character looking at the sky

Japanese Ukiyoe Woman Kaishi Tea Ceremony Utamaro Bijinga Woodblock Print FL462 seed compartment dividers warpedJapanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print Art This Japanese ukiyo e is a woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro called 'Beauty holding kaishi paper'. It represents a woman, possibly a geisha or oiran, with hairpins holding a pile of paper. These papers are called kaishi and are used to place traditional wagashi sweets during tea ceremony. This piece is an authentic woodblock print, but it is a reprint from the Showa period, not a first edition. The print is placed