Author: Nishijima Katsuyuki (西嶋勝之).
Title: Tomiyodai (富美代).
Subject: The famous traditional restaurant Tomiyo in Kyōtō.
Series number: 136/500.
Genre: meisho-e (名所絵).
Period: late 20th century.
Size: 43,6cm x 31,5cm (17,16 x 12,40 inches).
Trimmed: no
Backed: no
Code: NJK01001
Condition: good condition. Deep and clear colors all over the print. No creases, holes nor signs of
fixings. Any remarkable stain.
The entrance of the traditional Japanese restaurants Tomiyodai, located in Higashiyama (東山区),
Kyōtō, part of the famous Gion (祇園) district, a lost in time area where Geisha walking in their
old fashioned Kimono visiting traditional restaurants and boutiques can be noticed even
nowadays.
Tomiyodai is a more than 300 years old tea house or, as the local language names it, a Chaya (茶屋)
which gathers
Geisha (芸者) and geisha apprentices Maiko (舞妓), so that they can perform dance, poetry and acting for
customer dining
at the place.
Having access to this kind of place can be really hard, usually being refused if
not previously introduced by
by another customer of it.