Summer Prints (3)
Summer scenes in Japanese woodblock prints, featuring fireworks, festivals (matsuri), lush green landscapes, cicadas, morning glories, lotus ponds, and the distinctive heat shimmer of the Japanese summer rendered through bokashi gradation.
Artists Known for Summer
Early Summer Bath, from the series “Twelve Images of Modern Beauties”
1917
Color woodblock print
Early Summer Bath, from the series “Twelve Images of Modern Beauties”
1917
Color woodblock print
Summer Moon at Miyajima, from the series "Collection of Views of Japan"
1936
Color woodblock print