Teahouse Collection

A Chinese Tea Party (Furnishing Fabric), Manchester, c. 1854. Chinese-inspired design. Manufactured by Daniel Lee & Co

Teahouse girl and servant: Snow... late 18th century. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Teahouse girl and servant: Snow from the series Comparison of Snow, Moon and Flower Beauty, late 18th century

White flowers and green tea leaves, Thea bohea, Camellia sinensis
5856743 White flowers and green tea leaves, Thea bohea, Camellia sinensis by Sowerby, James (1757-1822); (add.info.: White flowers and green tea leaves, Thea bohea, Camellia sinensis)

The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (colour woodblock print)
1766548 The Running Well Teahouse, Otsu, from the series The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido (colour woodblock print) by Hiroshige

Tea House, Nanking Road, Shanghai, China
Tea House in Nanking Road, Shanghai, China. Date: circa 1908

Courtesan and customer sharing a tobacco pipe on a teahouse verandah as a bookseller walks by in the pleasure quarters
FLO4630836 Courtesan and customer sharing a tobacco pipe on a teahouse verandah as a bookseller walks by in the pleasure quarters

Asia, Nepal. Machapuchare Mountain from top of Mardi Himal Trek

Arashiyama 3 Tea House, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Arashiyama 3 Tea House, 1865

Party in a Teahouse near Suma Beach (image 2 of 2), c1790. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Party in a Teahouse near Suma Beach (image 2 of 2), c1790. From From a triptych in the series Genji in Modern Dress (Furyu yatsushi Genji)

The Actor Onoe Kikugoro III at Umemoto Teahouse, c1825. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
The Actor Onoe Kikugoro III at Umemoto Teahouse, c1825

Tea Room on Water, 1860. Creator: Felice Beato
Tea Room on Water, 1860

Landscape with flagpole, 1800-1900. Creator: Anon
Landscape with flagpole, 1800-1900. Tropical landscape with a flagpole, without a flag. On the left a structure, possibly a tea house. Cacti grow in the foreground, in the distance mountains

"Planting Fields" William Robertson Coe house, 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay, New York, 1926. House Architecture: Walker & Gillette, 1918-1921

"The Pavilion, " Stephen Hyatt Pelham Pell house, Fort Ticonderoga, New York, 1927. Landscape: Walls and tea house designed by Alfred Charles Bossom, 1910; Marion Cruger Coffin, 1920-1926

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal... c. 1795/96
Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1795/96

Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal... c. 1795/96
Takashima Ohisa, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets (Komei bijin rokkasen)", Japan, c. 1795/96

Otsu: Hashirii Teahouse (Otsu, Hashirii chaya), from the series "Fifty-three Station... c. 1833/34
Otsu: Hashirii Teahouse (Otsu, Hashirii chaya), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), " also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34

View of Mount Fuji from a Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya), from the... 1858. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
View of Mount Fuji from a Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)", 1858

Kanagawa: View over the Sea from the Teahouses on the Hill (Kanagawa, dai no chaya kaijo m... 1855)
Kanagawa: View over the Sea from the Teahouses on the Hill (Kanagawa, dai no chaya kaijo miharashi), no. 4 from the series "Famous Sights of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi meisho zue)

Mariko: Famous Tea Shop (Mariko, meibutsu chamise), from the series "Fifty-three... c. 1833/34
Mariko: Famous Tea Shop (Mariko, meibutsu chamise), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), " also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34

Mariko: Famous Tea Shop (Mariko, meibutsu chamise), from the series "Fifty-three... c. 1833/34
Mariko: Famous Tea Shop (Mariko, meibutsu chamise), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), " also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34

View of Mount Fuji from a Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya), from the... 1858. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
View of Mount Fuji from a Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)", 1858

Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six... c1795/96
Appearing Again: Naniwaya Okita, from the series "Renowned Beauties Likened to the Six Immortal Poets" ("Komei bijin rokkasen"), Japan, c. 1795/96

The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints (Komei... c. 1794/95)
The Chushingura Drama Parodied by Famous Beauties: A Set of Twelve Prints (Komei bijin mitate Chushingura, junimai tsuzuki), Japan, c. 1794/95

Evening Shower at the Bank of Tadasu River (Tadasugawara no yudachi), from the series... c. 1834
Evening Shower at the Bank of Tadasu River (Tadasugawara no yudachi), from the series "Famous Places in Kyoto (Kyoto meisho no uchi)", c. 1834

View of Mount Fuji from a Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya), from the... 1858. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
View of Mount Fuji from a Teahouse at Zoshigaya (Zoshigaya Fujimi chaya), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji sanjurokkei)", 1858

Narumi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi), " also known...1852
Narumi, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi), " also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido), 1852

Shinagawa: Teahouses at Samegafuchi (Shinagawa, Samegafuchi no chaya)—No. 2, from th... c. 1847/52
Shinagawa: Teahouses at Samegafuchi (Shinagawa, Samegafuchi no chaya)--No. 2, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)

Yoshida on the Tokaido (Tokaido Yoshida), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount... 1830/33. Creator: Hokusai
Yoshida on the Tokaido (Tokaido Yoshida), from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjurokkei)", Japan, 1830/33

The Interior of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro mikomi no zu), 1860. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
The Interior of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro mikomi no zu), 1860. Detail from a larger artwork

The Interior of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro mikomi no zu), 1860. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
The Interior of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro mikomi no zu), 1860. Detail from a larger artwork

Old Man's Teahouse, Meguro (Meguro Jijigachaya), from the series "One Hundred... 1857
Old Man's Teahouse, Meguro (Meguro Jijigachaya), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)", 1857

The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Creator: Eishosai Choki
The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Detail from a larger artwork

The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Creator: Eishosai Choki
The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Detail from a larger artwork

The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Creator: Eishosai Choki
The Front Room of the Naniwaya (Naniwaya misesaki), c. 1800. Detail from a larger artwork

The Interior of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro mikomi no zu), 1860. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
The Interior of the Gankiro in Yokohama (Yokohama Gankiro mikomi no zu), 1860. Detail from a larger artwork

Teahouse overlooking rice fields, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in... c. 1783
Teahouse overlooking rice fields, from the series "Ten Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan jikkei)", c. 1783

Oboshi Yuranosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, from scene VII in the Storehouse of... Japan, c1785/89
Oboshi Yuranosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, from scene VII in the Storehouse of Loyal Retainers, Japan, c. 1785/89

Mariko: Famous Tea Shop (Mariko, meibutsu chamise), from the series "Fifty-three... c. 1833/34
Mariko: Famous Tea Shop (Mariko, meibutsu chamise), from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido gojusan tsugi no uchi), " also known as the Hoeido Tokaido, c. 1833/34

The Tagawaya Restaurant in Front of Daionji (Daionji mae, Tagawaya), from the series... c. 1838/40
The Tagawaya Restaurant in Front of Daionji (Daionji mae, Tagawaya), from the series "Famous Restaurants of Edo (Edo komei kaitei zukushi)", c. 1838/40

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Late 19th century - young Japanese woman with mirrors
Vintage 19th century studio portrait, Japan

Tunisia, Sidi Bou Said, Cafe des Delices, also called Cafe Sidi Chabaane

Kyoto, Japan streets at night in the Gion Shirakawa district

Jiufen, Taiwan at the landmark alleyway and steps

Hillside teahouses in Jiufen, Taiwan

Hillside teahouses in Jiufen, New Taipei, Taiwan

Late 19th century - young Japanese woman, masseur
Vintage 19th century studio portrait, Japan

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Step into the enchanting world of a teahouse, where white flowers and green tea leaves create an aromatic symphony. The delicate fragrance of Thea bohea and Camellia sinensis fills the air, transporting you to a serene oasis in the heart of Shanghai's bustling Nanking Road. Underneath a vibrant red umbrella in Kyoto, Japan, an abstract visualization unfolds, and is as if time stands still as you sip your tea, immersing yourself in the rich cultural heritage that surrounds you. In Otsu, at The Running Well Teahouse from "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, " a color woodblock print captures the essence of tranquility. As you admire this masterpiece, imagine yourself taking respite along this historic route while indulging in a cup of warm tea. Traveling further back in time to Auchincruive's Tea House from Eileen Harris' book "The Country Houses of Robert Adam, " we are reminded that teahouses have long been cherished sanctuaries for relaxation and reflection. A black-and-white photo transports us to this Scottish retreat where one can escape from worldly worries. Venturing across continents to Tunisia's Sidi Bou Said village, we find ourselves at Cafe des Delices or Cafe Sidi Chabaane. Here, locals and visitors alike gather under blue skies to enjoy their favorite brews amidst picturesque whitewashed buildings—a true feast for both eyes and taste buds. Late 19th-century Japan reveals glimpses into daily life within teahouses through captivating photographs. Young Japanese women adorned with mirrors or seeking solace under parasols showcase timeless elegance while engaging in games or receiving massages—an intimate glimpse into their world steeped in tradition. An exquisite artwork by Yanagawa Shigenobu takes us back even further—to 18th-19th century Japan—where scenes on verandas come alive with animated conversations over cups brimming with tea.