Detail View: The AMICA Library: The flying tea ceremony kettle (tonda chagama)

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1935.384
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Prints
Creator Name: 
Ippitsusai Buncho
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Dates/Places: 
Japanese; fl. c.1755-1790 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Name-CRT: 
Ippitsusai Buncho
Title: 
The flying tea ceremony kettle (tonda chagama)
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
Edo period, ca. 1770
Creation Start Date: 
1770
Creation End Date: 
1770
Materials and Techniques: 
Woodblock print.
Classification Term: 
Woodblock
Subject Description: 
A mother and a little boy look up toward an iron kettle which has taken wings and is flying above them. At the left is a mortar and pestle and at the right the shoji may be seen mended with scraps of paper on which are written 'Tonda' (flying), 'Chagama'(tea kettl e).
Creation Place: 
Asia,East Asia,Japan
Dimensions: 
Chuban; 27.5 x 20.3 cm10 7/8 x 8 in.
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1935.384
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Inscriptions: 
Signature: Ippitsusai Buncho gaARTIST'S SEAL Mori uji
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E19729.TIF