Japanese PrintsPart 4 — Mid-Summer DuskReading editionChapter navigation69 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterJohn Gould FletcherPrefaceLovers EmbracingA Picnic Under the Cherry TreesCourt Lady Standing Under Cherry TreeCourt Lady Standing Under a Plum TreeA Beautiful WomanA ReadingAn Actor as a Dancing GirlJosan No MiyaAn Oiran and her KamusoTwo Ways of LoveKurenai-ye or "Red Picture"A Woman Standing by a Gate with an UmbrellaScene from a DramaA Woman in Winter CostumeA PedlarKiyonobu and Kiyomasu ContrastedAn ActorMemory and ForgettingPillar-Print, MasonobuThe Young DaimyoMasonubu—EarlyThe Beautiful GeishaA Young GirlThe Heavenly PoetessesThe Old Love and the NewFugitive ThoughtsDisappointmentThe TraitorThe FopChanging LoveIn ExileThe True ConquerorSpring LoveThe Endless LamentToyonobu. Exile's ReturnWind and ChrysanthemumThe Endless PilgrimageThe CloudsTwo Ladies ContrastedA Night FestivalDistant CoastsOn the Banks of the SumidaYoshiwara FestivalSharaku DreamsA LifeDead ThoughtsA ComparisonMutabilityDespairThe Lonely GraveEvening SkyCity LightsFugitive BeautySilver JarsEvening RainToy-BoxesMoodsGrassA LandscapeTerrorMid-Summer DuskEvening Bell from a Distant TempleA ThoughtThe StarsJapanLeavesPrevious chapter ←Part 4 — TerrorNext chapter →Part 4 — Evening Bell from a Distant TempleAll chapters and sections (69)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsJohn Gould FletcherPrefacePart 1 · Other sectionsLovers EmbracingA Picnic Under the Cherry TreesCourt Lady Standing Under Cherry TreeCourt Lady Standing Under a Plum TreeA Beautiful WomanA ReadingAn Actor as a Dancing GirlJosan No MiyaAn Oiran and her KamusoTwo Ways of LoveKurenai-ye or "Red Picture"A Woman Standing by a Gate with an UmbrellaScene from a DramaA Woman in Winter CostumeA PedlarKiyonobu and Kiyomasu ContrastedAn ActorPart 2 · Other sectionsMemory and ForgettingPillar-Print, MasonobuThe Young DaimyoMasonubu—EarlyThe Beautiful GeishaA Young GirlThe Heavenly PoetessesThe Old Love and the NewFugitive ThoughtsDisappointmentThe TraitorThe FopChanging LoveIn ExileThe True ConquerorSpring LoveThe Endless LamentToyonobu. Exile's ReturnWind and ChrysanthemumThe Endless PilgrimagePart 3 · Other sectionsThe CloudsTwo Ladies ContrastedA Night FestivalDistant CoastsOn the Banks of the SumidaYoshiwara FestivalSharaku DreamsA LifeDead ThoughtsA ComparisonMutabilityDespairThe Lonely GravePart 4 · Other sectionsEvening SkyCity LightsFugitive BeautySilver JarsEvening RainToy-BoxesMoodsGrassA LandscapeTerrorMid-Summer DuskEvening Bell from a Distant TempleA ThoughtThe StarsJapanLeavesSwallows twittering at twilight: Waves of heat Churned to flames by the sun.◇← TerrorEvening Bell from a Distant Temple →