Woman at a Hot Spring
- Date:
- 1953
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 51.3 × 24.9 cm
- Publisher:
Goyo completed only 14 woodblock print designs before his death in 1921, making every genuine impression extraordinarily rare. His bijin-ga are among the most refined of the entire shin-hanga movement. "Woman at the Bath" achieved $40,075 at Bonhams New York in 2020; Sotheby's estimates of $15,000–$25,000 are typical for top examples.
A woman at a hot spring — a late work from 1953, printed posthumously from Goyo's designs, depicting the familiar onsen subject that was central to his vision of feminine privacy and physical ease. The hot spring inn (onsen ryokan) provided Goyo with his most intimate setting: a place where the conventions and formalities of daily Japanese life were suspended in favor of the simple physical pleasure of hot water and rest. Nude and bijin-ga tags suggest this belongs to the category of his most direct and intimate depictions.
Mutsu Tsuta onsen
1919
Color woodblock print; oban
1943
Color woodblock print
Autumn 1920
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
1924
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Woman at a Hot Spring was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in 1953.
Woman at a Hot Spring was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).
Woman at a Hot Spring depicts nude and bijin-ga.
Woman at a Hot Spring measures 51.3 × 24.9 cm (Oban format).
