Portfolio of Eight Prints of Beautiful Women (Bijin) by Hashiguchi Goyô

This collected portfolio presents eight bijin-ga by Goyo, issued in the format typical of Taishō-era collector publications — limited edition, carefully packaged, and oriented toward connoisseur audiences in Japan and abroad. The eight prints would represent a range of subjects within the bijin genre: women in various states of toilette, dressed in kimono with differing textile patterns, shown from varying angles and in different light conditions. The portfolio format reflects the contemporaneous collector market for shin-hanga, which positioned itself as a continuation and refinement of the ukiyo-e tradition for modern audiences. Each print would be on oban-format washi. Together the eight works demonstrate the consistency and range of Goyo's technical and compositional approach — his management of bokashi, his treatment of textile surface, and his distinctive rendering of the female figure across multiple subjects.