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| Artist: | Goyo Hashiguchi (1880-1921) — 橋口五葉 |
| Title: | Woman at the Bath — 浴場の女-ゆあみ- 浴後裸女 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1915 |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1950s (may not be accurate) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Watanabe Shozaburo — 渡辺 |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Watanabe — 渡辺 |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Aiban
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| Format (this edition): | Aiban |
| DB artwork code: | 34500 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Woman at the Bath
Artist Goyo Hashiguchi 1880-1921
Signature Goyo ga
Dated original in 1915
Period Shin Hanga
Publisher (original publisher) Watanabe.
Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - pg. 39, pl.12 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 4 September 2006
You are bidding on a very beautiful and rare Japanese Shin Hanga woodblock print “Woman after Bath” by the famous Shin-Hanga artist Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921). The artist’s signature is close to the upper left edge of the print. The other mark at the lower left corner has partially faded. The size of this woodblock print is 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. The colors, which are vivid and vibrant, are in layers. This woodblock print is not attached to any backing paper or cardboard and ink bleeding can be seen through the back of the original Japanese mulberry paper. All four borders are intact. Except for a minor diagonal wrinkle at the lower right corner in the border, which does not affect the images, this woodblock print is in excellent condition. I am not sure if this woodblock print is an original or later edition although it has been with us for a while and from the color of the paper, it shows some age. |
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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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