Two Female Bathers, One Kneeling and Giving Herself a Pedicure, One Seated and Looking at Her Reflection in a Mirror, Taishô period, dated 1918 (7th month of Taishô 9)
- Date:
- Taishô period, 1912-1926
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
Two female bathers — one kneeling and giving herself a pedicure, the other seated and examining her reflection in a mirror — a composition from the seventh month of Taisho 9 (1920) that presents two intimate acts of self-care simultaneously. The dual composition creates a visual conversation between the two women and between two modes of self-attention: the downward-directed focus of the pedicure versus the forward-directed gaze of the mirror. Goyo's rendering of the bath space and its private rituals achieves documentary intimacy without voyeuristic intrusion.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Two Female Bathers, One Kneeling and Giving Herself a Pedicure, One Seated and Looking at Her Reflection in a Mirror, Taishô period, dated 1918 (7th month of Taishô 9) was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in Taishô period, 1912-1926.
Two Female Bathers, One Kneeling and Giving Herself a Pedicure, One Seated and Looking at Her Reflection in a Mirror, Taishô period, dated 1918 (7th month of Taishô 9) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Taishô period, 1912-1926).
Two Female Bathers, One Kneeling and Giving Herself a Pedicure, One Seated and Looking at Her Reflection in a Mirror, Taishô period, dated 1918 (7th month of Taishô 9) depicts nude, figures, and bijin-ga.