Summer
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- wbp
Description
Summer is a woodblock print that engages with the most intense of Japan's seasons, when heat and humidity transform daily life. Maeda Toshiro's depiction likely involves the visual cues that mark summer in Japanese art: verdant foliage at its deepest green, bright sunlight casting hard shadows, or figures coping with the heat through fans, light clothing, or proximity to water. The woodblock medium's flat color areas can convey the bleaching effect of summer sun, while the registered layers build the season's rich, saturated greens. Summer in Japan is also the season of festivals, fireworks, and cicadas, any of which could provide this print's specific subject.
More Prints by Maeda Toshiro
More Summer Prints
Bull Festival at Koryuji
広隆寺牛祭
Woodblock print
February (The Annual Festival of the Fushimi Inari)
二月 (伏見稲荷大社祭)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
July (Gorgeous Procession of Yama-hoko or the Floats at the Gion Festival)
七月 (祇園祭山鉾巡行)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
August (The Bonfire Festival of the Daimonji Hill Viewed from the Sanjo Bridge)
八月 (三条大橋より大文字)
second half 20th century
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
Summer was created by Maeda Toshiro (前田藤四郎).
Summer depicts summer.