- Naniwaya Okita (Okita of Naniwa-ya Teahouse) - Kabuki actor The river becomes more than

The river becomes more than a landscape — it feels like a quiet emotional space

This print beautifully depict this simple beautiful garden by Mezzotint technic

Signed: Artist block signed "To" on the lower left of the image

Signed 'Hasui' with the red artist seal "sui" in the lower right corner of the image

creating an elegant interplay of color

- Naniwaya Okita (Okita of Naniwa-ya Teahouse) - Kabuki actor The river becomes more thanThe 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