Kunichika - Hanakiyo Restaurant at Kobusho

  Kunichika The Geisha Hamakichi and Saihachi enjoying the garden at the Hanakiyo Restaurant at Kobusho. Kunichika's 1877 - 1878 series "Thirty-six Modern Restaurants" depicts beauties at popular restaurants in different locations. Women are shown serving a meal, relaxing in the garden or on a verandah, or arriving or leaving a teahouse. These colorful designs are nicely detailed with handsome interior and exterior settings showing an interest in Western perspective.  Condition: Print color and overall condition is very good. Margins as shown. Print is not backed. Date: 1877 Publisher: Takekawa Seikichi