Returning woman in an autumn evening — Tasogare
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
A woman returns home at twilight through autumn scenery — the last light catching the turning leaves above her while the path ahead darkens into evening. Shotei calls this the "Tasogare" (dusk, or literally "who goes there?") hour, the atmospheric transition between day and night that Japanese aesthetics prized for its emotional ambiguity. The bijin-ga figure is subordinated to the mood of the season and the hour, her journey through the autumn landscape making her as much part of the natural scene as the changing leaves above her.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Returning woman in an autumn evening — Tasogare was created by Takahashi Shotei (高橋松亭).
Returning woman in an autumn evening — Tasogare was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Returning woman in an autumn evening — Tasogare depicts bijin-ga, night scenes, and autumn foliage.