Japan: Two women tea pickers dressed in kimonos, Utagawa Hiroshige (1767-1858). Part of Hiroshige's '53 Stations of the Tokaido', c. 1845

Dressed in elaborate cotton kimonos, two girls appear over-dressed for the task at hand. Beneath their tie-dyed head coverings, they each sport hairstyles of the highest urban fashion.

These are elegant urban women costumed to play the roles of tea plantation workers in the famed Fuchu region. Hiroshige is presenting his urban patrons with a fantasy that appeals both to their sense of fashion and to their love of fine tea.

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THE WAY OF TEA