Steaming tea leaves

Title

Steaming tea leaves

Publisher

Pitts Theology Library

Work Attributes

Date

1875 - 1895

Description

Entitled "Steaming Tea" by the photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?). Two workers lay out tea leaves onto long trays, while two others tend a stove used in the process of making sencha (steeping) tea.

Rights

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Subject

Japan; green tea

Worktype

color prints (photographs)

Citation

“Steaming tea leaves,” East Asia, accessed November 5, 2025, https://eastasia.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/510.

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