The Ameya, also known as The Candy Blower, is a late 19th-century painting by American artist Robert Frederick Blum.

Done in oil on canvas, the illustration depicts a Japanese candy maker (practicing the art of Amezaiku) at work.

Blum occupied a small house in Tokyo for two years, and traveled through the country in search of scenes to illustrate.

[4] A critic for the New York Times praised the work's use of multiple subjects in varied dress, and described it as being "admirably painted".

[3] Other sources have cited Ameya as being an example of Blum's ability to convincingly render groups of figures in his illustrations.