chabako-e　茶箱絵

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Colored woodblock prints that decorated the outsides of tea boxes designed for export to Europe and America from 1862 on. Popular designs included motifs of different colored papers and birds-and-flowers. Examples by Utagawa Hiroshige 3 三代歌川広重 (1843-94), Utagawa Kunitsuna 歌川国綱(1805-68), Utagawa Kunimatsu 歌川国松 (fl. second half 19c) and Kawanabe Gyousai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-89) still exist.

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