A Collection of Eastern Brocade Beauties: Twilight (Azuma nishiki bijin awase: Tasogare)
by Paul Binnie
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Scholten Japanese Art
by Paul Binnie
$2,000–$15,000. Beauty prints by this artist are particularly sought after. Good landscapes and figures: $5,000–$10,000. Key value factors: As a living artist continuing the shin-hanga tradition, Binnie's prints are investment-quality. Limited editions and larger formats are most valued.
"Twilight" from the Eastern Brocade Beauties series (Azuma nishiki bijin awase: Tasogare) returns to the liminal hour of dusk, making it the emotional setting for a [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) composition. In the series context, twilight becomes not merely an atmospheric condition but a state of feeling — the ambiguity and melancholy of the day's end, the way the half-light renders outlines soft and uncertain. The Eastern Brocade Beauties series as a whole treats the hours of the day as emotional landscapes through which its female subjects move.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Collection of Eastern Brocade Beauties: Twilight (Azuma nishiki bijin awase: Tasogare) was created by Paul Binnie.
A Collection of Eastern Brocade Beauties: Twilight (Azuma nishiki bijin awase: Tasogare) depicts bijin-ga and night scenes.
