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Horie in Summer: Evening, no. 3 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters
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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.
Department of Asian Art
[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.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Title: Horie in Summer: Evening, no. 3 from the series Seasons of the Pleasure Quarters
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.
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