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Japanese color woodblock print: a standing woman in green kimono looks down at a sleeping boy in orange resting his head on a round stone beside a lattice window.

The Sleeping Tea-Boy (parody of Hokaso)

A woman in a green patterned kimono stands at left, gazing down toward a small boy in orange who has dozed off, his head resting on a round tea-grinding stone beside a bowl. A lattice screen, a veranda rail and a bare tree in snow frame the interior scene in soft muted colors. The print is a color woodblock design.

Artist
Suzuki Harunobu
Date
c. 1767
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
843 × 1137 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1772).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

Español: El joven sirviente de té dormido (parodia de Hokaso)

Una mujer con kimono verde de patrones se encuentra a la izquierda, mirando hacia un niño de naranja que se ha quedado dormido, con la cabeza apoyada en una piedra redonda para moler té junto a un cuenco. Una celosía, la baranda de una galería y un árbol sin hojas cubierto de nieve enmarcan la escena en colores suaves. Es un grabado en madera a color.

Português: O jovem servidor de chá adormecido (paródia de Hokaso)

Uma mulher de quimono verde estampado está à esquerda, olhando para um menino de roupa laranja que adormeceu, com a cabeça apoiada numa pedra redonda de moer chá ao lado de uma tigela. Uma treliça, o parapeito de uma varanda e uma árvore sem folhas coberta de neve emolduram a cena em cores suaves. É uma gravura em madeira colorida.

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