Summer Night
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- ukiyo-e.org
Description
A summer night extends its darkness over a Japanese landscape, the heat of the day finally relenting as stars emerge or the moon rises to cast its cooler light. Kasamatsu's summer night scenes explore the specific visual conditions of warm-season darkness — the way darkness in summer retains a quality of warmth, the way insects and tree frogs animate the silence, the way artificial light in windows or lanterns reads against a night that never fully darkens in the summer months. The composition conveys the sensory richness of a Japanese summer night.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Summer Night was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Summer Night uses Bokashi, Nishiki-e, and Moku-hanga, on woodblock print.
Summer Night was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Summer Night depicts night scenes and summer.