Woman Applying Makeup

A woman applying makeup — rendered with Goyo's characteristic precision in a work from Taisho 7 (1918) using ink, color, gold, and mica on paper. The enrichment of the paper surface with gold and mica creates a material luxury appropriate to the subject of feminine cosmetic preparation: the woman adorning herself reflected in a print that is itself adorned beyond the ordinary. The 1918 date places this among his earlier mature works, before the concentrated brilliance of his final two creative years.