Woman at her Toilet
- Date:
- 1918
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Description
A woman at her toilet — engaged in the composite process of grooming and self-preparation that the Japanese phrase "oshiroi wo nuru" encapsulates — one of Goyo's 1918 bijin-ga subjects. The "toilet" in the classical sense means the complete process of dressing and adorning, and Goyo's women-at-toilette subjects document this process in its various stages: makeup application, hair arrangement, underrobe donning, kimono adjustment. This 1918 work precedes his most celebrated production but already demonstrates his extraordinary technical refinement.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Woman at her Toilet was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in 1918.
Woman at her Toilet was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1918).
Woman at her Toilet depicts bijin-ga.