evening scene; evening landscape
Describes the visual scenery at dusk; often used in literary or descriptive contexts. Abbreviation of 夕景色.
See also: 夕景色
This painting depicts a rural evening scene.
light of the setting sun
Only with reading せっけい / せきけい
Obsolete reading せっけい/せきけい; refers specifically to the glow of the setting sun. Not used in modern Japanese.
In old language, せっけい referred to the light of the setting sun.
Standard kanji spelling for the common reading ゆうけい.
Compound of 夕 (ゆう, 'evening') and 景 (けい, 'scene'). The obsolete readings せっけい and せきけい are historical Sino-Japanese variants.