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A Summer Evening by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — Japanese Woodblock Print, 1890

A Summer Evening

by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Meiji/Taishō PrintsUkiyo-e
Night ScenesSummer
Date:
1890
Medium:
Woodblock Print
Image courtesy of
Artsy

Description

"A Summer Evening" (1890) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi shows two seated figures from behind on a woven mat beneath a trellis of climbing vines with small white flowers, a pale moon glowing in the blue sky above. The figure on the left, bare-chested with a dark blue and white patterned garment pulled down to the waist, is being tended or fanned by the figure on the right, who wears a pale blue floral robe and a blue-tied headscarf; a round-bellied brown ceramic jar sits beside them. Muted blues, creams, and browns dominate the palette, with a vertical cartouche of text in the upper right corner.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A Summer Evening was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1890.

A Summer Evening depicts night scenes and summer.