![Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters: no. 3, Horie in Summer, Twilight (Kuruwa no shunju: Dai-san natsu [Horie], Yugure) by Kitano Tsunetomi — Japanese Woodblock print](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/scholten/images/2ffd020c355cbf8a41c4b7ea341b4618.jpg)
Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters: no. 3, Horie in Summer, Twilight (Kuruwa no shunju: Dai-san natsu [Horie], Yugure)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
$2,000–$15,000. Common prints: $2,000–$4,000. Key value factors: Kitano's sensuous Osaka-style bijin-ga have strong collector demand. His paintings command significantly higher prices.
The third installment of the "Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters" series portrays the Horie district at twilight in summer. The Japanese title "Yugure" (twilight) names the transitional hour when day yields to evening and the entertainment quarters begin to come alive. Summer twilight in Osaka is warm, humid, and lingering, with daylight persisting late into the evening hours. Tsunetomi likely depicts a woman in light summer clothing, perhaps on a veranda or near an open window, catching the last of the fading light. The Horie district, located near the canals of western Osaka, would have offered breezes off the water during the hottest months. This print bridges the private daytime world of the quarters and the public nighttime world of performance and entertainment, capturing the threshold moment between the two.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters: no. 3, Horie in Summer, Twilight (Kuruwa no shunju: Dai-san natsu [Horie], Yugure) was created by Kitano Tsunetomi (北野恒富).
Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters: no. 3, Horie in Summer, Twilight (Kuruwa no shunju: Dai-san natsu [Horie], Yugure) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters: no. 3, Horie in Summer, Twilight (Kuruwa no shunju: Dai-san natsu [Horie], Yugure) depicts night scenes and summer.
