- Naniwaya Okita (Okita of Naniwa-ya Teahouse) - Masaaki Tanaka translates to "number one" or

translates to "number one" or "the best" in Japanese

an area long associated with the city’s celebrated ceramic tradition

The left margin bears the publisher’s red money seal

later printed in 1980

Watanabe round seal on the lower-right corner of the image

- Naniwaya Okita (Okita of Naniwa-ya Teahouse) - Masaaki Tanaka translates to "number one" orThe beautiful woodblock print Naniwaya Okita (Okita of the Naniwa ya Teahouse) is by Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806). It portrays Okita, a waitress at the Naniwa ya, a teahouse located near the Nimon Gate within the grounds of Sens ji. Okita was renowned for her beauty and was one of Utamaros favorite subjects; he created a great number of works depicting her. A short comic poem called kyka is inscribed in the upper left of the image: (Resting at the