GOYO -- "Woman after the Bath" (#3)

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Artist Goyo HASHIGUCHI
(1881-1921)
Title "Woman after the Bath"
("Yokugo no Onna")
Date 1920 (60th Anniversary "Commemorative Edition," sanctioned by Goyo's family, Dec 1981)
Series Limited Edition of 150 prints.
Publisher Tanseisha Publisher
Seal, Carver/Printer Uetani/Yoneda (Narazaki's supervisor seal)
Image Size 11 1/8 x 17 1/4
Impression Fine. Sumptuous soft silver "mica" background; contours of nude's body are done in "gauffrage."
Condition Pristine. Still inside original "presentation folder."
(Slight bumping lower/right margin--otherwise flawless.)
Reference/Illus "The Female Image," Plate #16, pg 42; "New Wave," Plate #133, pg 130.
Comments A beautifully delicate image. One of only 16 lifetime images done by Goyo (11 "bijin-ga," 4 landscapes, 1 "kacho-e").
Item # DG-229
Price $1150