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| Artist: | Goyo Hashiguchi (1880-1921) — 橋口五葉 |
| Title: | Woman after a Bath — 化粧の女 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1920 |
| Date of this artwork?: | c. 1970s/80s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Hashiguchi Goyo |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Yuyudo — 悠々洞出 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 31980 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Woman after a Bath
Artist Goyo Hashiguchi 1880-1921 Biography Short Biography
Signature 'Goyo'.
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated 1920.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Description "Yokugo no onna" (Woman after a Bath). Goyo Hashiguchi produced only 15 woodblock prints during his life time. But their extraordinary beauty, technical excellence along with the rarity made them among the most sought after, most expensive prints among the 20th century Japanese prints.
Width Item 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm
Height Item 17.5 inches = 44.5 cm
Width Image 11.4 inches = 29.0 cm
Height Image 17.2 inches = 43.8 cm |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Woman after Bath, 1920
Hashiguchi Goyo, 20th century master-
With the permission of Goyo’s heirs, a couple small commemorative runs of his prints were produced. These prints are also very rare today. But, they offer an opportunity to collect a Goyo woodblock reprint at a cost more in line with most collectors’ budgets. These reprints were produced to the same exacting standard of Goyo’s originals. Expert carvers were contracted to produce the highest quality wood blocks and printers meticulously reprinted Goyo’s originals with the same attention to quality and detail. These reprints are on beautiful, hand made paper printed with the same colors and mica detail as Goyo’s originals. The prints offered tonight in our auctions are from one of those reprint sets.
This Print; Woman after Bath- Considered by many to be Goyo’s masterpiece, this beautiful print of a nude woman after the bath is a captivating work of art. The view is from behind as the young beauty with creamy white skin is seated on a pillow holding a small hand towel to her face. Her head is turned slightly and the viewer sees the exposed neck with a few stray hairs- considered a sensual part of a woman’s body. With spare line and soft colors, Goyo has designed a woodblock masterpiece that rates among the best prints of all time. This print with a soft, shimmering mica added to the white background replicating the original- beautiful effect.
Signed- Goyo-ga
Image size- 11 3/8" x 17 1/4" (+ full margins)
Sheet size- 12 1/8" x 18 1/4"
Condition- Perfect condition with no flaws to note. Excellent color, no fading, fine linework. This print has been stored only, never framed.
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A Note on the 1970's/80's restrikes:
Tanseisha edition:
One of the 12-print sets, titled "Hashiguchi Goyo 60-Year Memorial) was published in an edition size of only 150 and is dated 1981, December 1st. I assume this to be the first edition by Tanseisha. It is obvious that Tanseisha subsequently published other sets after this date, using different printers. One of these later editions included an extra print, so a 13-print edition.
Yuyudo editions:
A 6-print set of bijin-ga in blue canvas tatou album with edition size of 750.
A 12-print edition, size unconfirmed.
A 2-print set of large-size scenes "Hand Mirror" and "Yabakei" with edition size of around 500.
Iwasaki Shoten:
Published "Woman Combing Her Hair" in an edition size of 180 in 1988, October 20 (see database entry 46012).
Watanabe Shoichiro: Watanabe has recently (2017 or earlier) started publishing some of the Goyo scenes.
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