Enjoying the Cool, from the series New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties
by Ito Shinsui
- Date:
- 1917
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 43.5 × 26.1 cm
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A woman takes the cooling evening air (suzumi) outdoors in this early example from the "New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties" series, the 1917 composition showing Shinsui already confident in the compositional syntax he would develop throughout his career. The evening cool was a specific seasonal experience—leaving the hot interior for the relative relief of the garden or veranda—and its depiction here belongs to the broader shin-hanga project of capturing the sensory richness of the Japanese seasons as experienced in women's daily lives.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Enjoying the Cool, from the series New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水) in 1917.
Yes — Enjoying the Cool, from the series New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties is part of the New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties series by Ito Shinsui.
Enjoying the Cool, from the series New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1917).
Enjoying the Cool, from the series New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties depicts bijin-ga.
Enjoying the Cool, from the series New Twelve Images of Modern Beauties measures 43.5 × 26.1 cm (Oban format).