Summer Evenings

(Natsu no yûgure, 夏の夕暮)

Publisher: Enshû-ya Matabei

1853

In this group of fan prints (uchiwa-e), the texts in the title cartouches vary. However, all show beautiful women (bijin) with flowers in the evening, all are dated the second or third month of 1853, and all those with publishers’ seals were published by Enshû-ya Matabei. The prints are each about 9 by 10 inches (23 by 25.5 centimeters). This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

Description: Beauty with purple flowers

Text in title cartouche: 夏乃夕くれ

Description: Woman on a veranda with overhanging branches of a flowering tree

Text in title cartouche: なつの夕暮

Description: Beauty pointing at peony bushes

Text in title cartouche: 夏の夕暮

Description: Young woman watering flowers

Text in title cartouche: 夏の夕暮

Description: Young woman in a garden

Text in title cartouche: 夕夏の夕くれ

“Robinson” refers to listing of the series in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).

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