# Women in a Tea House

- By: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)
- Date: late 1780s
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Sheet: 33 x 23 cm (13 x 9 1/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.208)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1930.208/1930.208_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This elegant print provides a glimpse into the private life of the courtesan, recording a quiet moment of enjoying tea. Shunman often depicted bijin (beautiful women) in a landscape setting, using subdued color harmonies featuring grays, pale green, and pale purple. In addition to being a printmaker, Shunman was also an accomplished painter, poet, and skilled worker in metal inlay and lacquer.