Goyo's preparatory drawings and studies are collector items in their own right, revealing his meticulous process. With only 14 completed woodblock print designs, any documented original material commands scholarly and collector interest. Values depend heavily on provenance and authentication.
A waitress with a red lacquered tray — identified in the subtitle as Onao, a maid at the Matsuyoshi Inn in Kyoto — one of Goyo's precisely documented portraits of a specific woman in her professional capacity. The inn's name (Matsuyoshi) and the maid's name (Onao) anchor this image in a specific place and person, giving it the quality of a portrait rather than a type study. The red tray's brilliant color against the woman's kimono creates the kind of concentrated visual emphasis that Goyo used sparingly but with great effect.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Waitress with a Red Tray (Portrait of Onao, a Maid at the Matsuyoshi Inn, Kyoto) was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in 1920.
Waitress with a Red Tray (Portrait of Onao, a Maid at the Matsuyoshi Inn, Kyoto) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920).
Waitress with a Red Tray (Portrait of Onao, a Maid at the Matsuyoshi Inn, Kyoto) depicts architecture and portraits, set at Kyoto.
