Female Bather Standing Before a Sink, Filling a Basin with Water, Taishô period, dated 1918 (7th month of Taishô 9)

Catalogued alongside the kneeling bather as a companion print from the seventh month of Taishô 9 (1920), this composition shows a standing woman at a washstand or sink, filling a basin — an image grounded in the specific physical routine of the Japanese bath. The standing figure allows Goyo to develop the full vertical line of the body, from the curve of the back through the extended arms to the hands at work below. The ceramic or wooden basin, the running water, and the architecture of the bathing space function as still-life elements that anchor the figure in material reality. Goyo's Western academic training is evident in his attention to cast light and shadow across the figure's shoulders and the reflective surface of the water being poured. The two bather prints from this period likely formed a coherent pair exploring complementary postures within the same spatial and thematic setting.