Summer Lady — 夏の女
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Typical Price
$1,000–$15,000. Reproductions and common prints: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Yumeji's popular image means many reproductions exist. Original prints are scarcer and more valued.
Description
A summer woman — "夏の女" — is Yumeji's subject in this undated composition, the warm season giving the figure its distinctive character: a lighter, more open atmosphere than his winter or autumn bijin, the heat producing a kind of physical languor and emotional openness that suits the season. Summer in Yumeji's calendar is the time of festivals, of yukata and summer fans, of evenings on the veranda when the heat of the day finally releases — a season of outdoor feeling after the introspective months of winter and spring.
More Prints by Takehisa Yumeji
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 Lady — 夏の女 was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
Summer Lady — 夏の女 depicts summer.