About This Print
This print is not included in the artist's catalog raisonné. A different state of this print is shown below on the left along with Kyoto's Mind which uses similar elements. For another print by Takahashi depicting the tea ceremony see Tea Ceremony II.
The prominent symmetrical circular form, made its first appearance in the 1964 print, Kyoto's Mind (see below) and appears in a number of Takahashi's prints until it is abandoned in 1966 after the Work series of prints. (See Work A and Work BB in this collection.)
The prominent symmetrical circular form, made its first appearance in the 1964 print, Kyoto's Mind (see below) and appears in a number of Takahashi's prints until it is abandoned in 1966 after the Work series of prints. (See Work A and Work BB in this collection.)
Reference Images
 (Offered for sale by Clark Auction house.) |  (Rikio Takahashi, The Woodblock Prints, published by Abe Publishing LTD., 1998) |
Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #218 |
| Title | Tea Ceremony 茶の湯 |
| Series | |
| Artist | Takahashi Rikio (1917-1998) |
| Signature | Pencil signed by artist - Rikio Takahashi in English and in Japanese |
| Seal | none |
| Date | 1965 |
| Edition | 6 of 50 |
| Publisher | |
| Impression | excellent |
| Colors | excellent |
| Condition | excellent - minor printing and handling creases |
| Genre | sosaku hanga (creative print) |
| Miscellenous | This print is not shown in the artist's catalogue raisonné |
| Format | |
| H x W Paper | 36 x 23 1/2 in. (160 x 59.7 cm) |
| H x W Image | |
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