Early Afternoon — 昼さがり
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Early Afternoon, or Hirusagari in Japanese, specifies a slightly earlier moment than the companion print Afternoon, capturing the hours just past noon when shadows begin to lengthen but the day's warmth is still building. Iwata's oban woodblock likely renders this temporal precision through light quality and the posture of its subject. The Japanese title carries a sense of time slipping past, the afternoon already declining from its peak. This attention to incremental shifts in the day's rhythm reflects a sensitivity to seasonal and temporal nuance central to Japanese aesthetic tradition.
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The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
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Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Early Afternoon — 昼さがり was created by Sentaro Iwata (岩田専太郎).
Early Afternoon — 昼さがり depicts landscapes.