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Summer Evening - 夏の夕 by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi — Japanese Woodblock print, 1920

Summer Evening - 夏の夕

by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

Shin-hanga
Night ScenesSummer
Date:
1920
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Source:
Ohmi Gallery

Description

"Summer Evening" (Natsu no yu), 1920, captures the particular quality of early evening light in a Japanese summer — the release of heat, the first coolness, the gathering dusk. A young woman in summer yukata is likely the subject, enjoying the evening in a pose that combines leisure and self-awareness. This early work establishes the quality that would distinguish Kobayakawa throughout his career: the sense that his subjects are aware of themselves as modern women inhabiting a modern world, not figures from a timeless past.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Summer Evening - 夏の夕 was created by Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (小早川清) in 1920.

Summer Evening - 夏の夕 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920).

Summer Evening - 夏の夕 depicts night scenes and summer.