PrintsJapanese20th century

Horie in Summer: Evening, no. 3 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters

1916

Artists

Kitano Tsunetomi 北野恒富Artist

Nakajima Jūtarō 中島重太郎Publisher

Tadokoro Rikimatsu 田所力松Printer

Description

A woodblock print depicting a Japanese woman entertainer from the Osaka entertainment district of Horie. The female figure is depicted seated on the floor in the seiza posture, with her weight shifted slightly to the right. The figure’s face is shown frontally and she gazes directly at the viewer. The figure wears a white kimono with a pattern of blue morning glories and grey vegetation. Her obi is brown with black stripes. The background is blank.

Classification

Prints

Technique

Woodblock print

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Taishō era, 1912-1926

Century

20th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 39 cm × W. 26.1 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Andre Bardega, London & Brighton, UK (by c. early 1980s)], sold; to [The Japanese Print Shop, York, UK (c. early 1980s)], sold; to Trevor Ward, York, UK (c. 1980s -2021), sold; to [The Japanese Print Shop, York, UK (2021-2022)], sold; to [Scholten Japanese Art, New York (2022-2025)], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025.