- Naniwaya Okita (Okita of Naniwa-ya Teahouse) - Masaaki Tanaka an area long associated with

an area long associated with the city’s celebrated ceramic tradition

Image size: 14 and 5/8 inches wide by 10 inches tall (37 x 25

Watanabe round seal on the lower-right corner of the image

The image of this famous Japanese painting is familiar to many

The left margin bears the publisher’s red money seal

- Naniwaya Okita (Okita of Naniwa-ya Teahouse) - Masaaki Tanaka an area long associated withThe beautiful woodblock print Naniwaya Okita (Okita of the Naniwa ya Teahouse) is by Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806). It portrays Okita, a waitress at the Naniwa ya, a teahouse located near the Nimon Gate within the grounds of Sens ji. Okita was renowned for her beauty and was one of Utamaros favorite subjects; he created a great number of works depicting her. A short comic poem called kyka is inscribed in the upper left of the image: (Resting at the