$1,000–$6,000. Common subjects: $1,000–$2,000. Key value factors: Tanaka's exquisite farmhouse etchings are beloved by collectors worldwide. Since his death in 2019, prices have firmed. Traditional thatched-roof subjects are most popular.
Twilight — tasogare — is the threshold moment between day and night when the quality of light transforms even familiar views into something more uncertain and evocative. Tanaka's woodblock rendering of this atmospheric subject likely depicts a rural or temple precinct viewed at dusk, when silhouettes sharpen and the warm hues of late light play against the darkening forms of rooftops and trees. The Night Scenes tag places this among his more mood-driven, less strictly architectural works.
Woodblock print
Teradomari no yau
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
![Mount Fuji on a Moonlit Night, Kawai Bridge (Tsukiyo no Fuji [Kawaibashi]), from the series "Selection of Views of the Tokaido (Tokaido fukei senshu)" by Kawase Hasui](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d0960668-1e73-339a-b182-fb995a54bff0/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
1947
Color woodblock print; oban
March 1933
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Twilight was created by Tanaka Ryohei (田中良平).
Twilight depicts night scenes.
