What does this artwork show?

A frog whisking tea, frowning in concentration, drawn as a comic ink picture.

How does the monochrome edition differ from the colourised one?

This edition keeps the original ink-only drawing, with no added colour, the way the brush study was first made.

Who made the original?

Authorship is not settled. The design circulates under Utagawa Hiroshige II and is also linked to Itō Jakuchū, within the Edo-period tradition of comic animal pictures.

What style does it suit?

Calm, monochrome and sumi-e-leaning interiors such as studies, reading corners and tea spaces.

Angry Frog Whisking Tea – Monochrome Print

Angry frog whisking tea - Monochrome-Style

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04/19/2026

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04/16/2026

Beautiful art work - very happy with the

Beautiful art work - very happy with the quality

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04/15/2026

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The first shipment arrived damaged due to rough handling. Japandi.Art. subsequently took the initiative to ensure that a new poster was sent in reinforced packaging, which I find very positive and responsible.

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02/22/2026

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The Artwork: Angry frog whisking tea - Monochrome-Style

A frog whisks tea with the grave focus of a tea master in this comic ink drawing. It comes from the Edo-period love of giga, humorous pictures, and of animals lent human expressions. The authorship is unsettled; the design has appeared under the name of Utagawa Hiroshige II and has also been linked to Itō Jakuchū.

This is the monochrome edition, true to the original brush study. The whole picture is carried by ink alone: a handful of strokes for the braced body, the raised whisk, and the heavy frown. Nothing is shaded or coloured. The restraint is the point, and the humour lands because so little is drawn.

In black and grey the print sits quietly on a wall. It reads as ink-painting calm from across a room and as comedy up close. It suits a study, a reading corner, or a tea space, and it pairs naturally with other sumi-e and monochrome work.

Each print is made to order. Choose an unframed paper print on archival matte stock, a framed edition behind shatter-re . . . Read More >>

Japan historical period: Edo 江戸 (1603-1868)

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The Artist: Hiroshige II

Hiroshige II (1826–1869) was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints, the leading pupil of Utagawa Hiroshige and the inheritor of his master's name.

He was born Suzuki Chinpei in 1826. As a young man he entered the studio of Utagawa Hiroshige, the great landscape printmaker of the late Edo period, and worked under the art name Shigenobu. He married Hiroshige's daughter, Otatsu, and his teacher intended him as his artistic heir.

When Hiroshige died in 1858, Shigenobu took the name Hiroshige and is known today as Hiroshige II. He worked in the landscape and famous-places genre his master had made his own, producing series of views of provinces, cities, and scenic sites across Japan. His prints often carried the bright synthetic blues that were spreading through the print trade in those years.

His most significant act of continuity was completing the celebrated series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, which Hiroshige I left unfinished at his death. Hiroshige II added designs . . . Read More >>

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Produit magnifique conforme à mes attentes

Produit magnifique conforme à mes attentes. Livraison rapide et emballage soigné.
Je recommande.
Merci infiniment

Beautiful

Beautiful

Beautiful art work - very happy with the

Beautiful art work - very happy with the quality

Schön

Schön

Sehr schönes Bild

Sehr schönes Bild und schnelle Lieferung

Perfect! Exactly like how I think it

Perfect! Exactly like how I think it was!

Tolles Bild

Tolles Bild. Schnelle Lieferung. Gute Auswahl. Daumen hoch.

Good design and frame.

Well-balanced and executed work, quite discreet but eye-catching.

Love

Love it!

Gute

Gute Farbintendität👍

Tolles Bild

Tolles Bild, alles super

Leider ist der Druck nicht so intensiv

Leider ist der Druck nicht so intensiv...

Beautiful print

Beautiful sharp print. Makes the design come to life!

Nice print

Nice print!

Cerezo en flor

preciosa🤩
Lamina enmarcada. Enamorada!

Precioso!🤩

Precioso!🤩

Nenúfar- estilo Galería/ marco deroble

La lámina enmarcada es preciosa. La calidad de los materiales es excelente. Enamorada!
La atención al cliente también es genial, contacté por un duda y recibí una respuesta rápida.
Gracias!

Einfach schön!!!! Toll

Einfach schön!!!! Toll verpackt

Lovely print

Lovely print

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Das Bild kam schnell und super verpackt an, die Druckqualität ist hervorragend, der Holzrahmen ist völlig okay. Gerne wieder

Schnittkanten auf dem Bild?

Die vier Ecken (ursprüngliche Schnittkanten?) sind tatsächlich auf dem Druck. Stören jetzt nicht sehr, hatte ich allerdings nicht erwartet. Versand und Verpackung waren super!

Gerne wieder

Sehr zügige Bearbeitung der Bestellung und schöne Ausführung mit Rahmung.

Sieht super

Sieht super aus

The order went extremely smoothly. The package arrived very quickly. The poster was very well packaged in a thick cardboard cylinder, so I received it without any damage. I especially like that they made sure the packaging contained minimal plastic! The print is of excellent quality, with saturated colors. I received a truly beautiful print. I will definitely order again!

I really like the picure, the blacks are soo deep and the red is so vivid, the scene is just filled with life.

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Angry frog whisking tea - Monochrome-Style

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