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

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

1880 - 1947

Kitano Tsunetomi 北野恒富

Japanese

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.

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Taishō era, 1912-1926

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