Woman Combing Her Hair, Taishô period, dated 1920
- Date:
- Taishô period, 1912-1926
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
A woman combing her hair — dated to the Taisho period (1920) — one of the bijin-ga subjects that Goyo returned to repeatedly in his final creative years, each version finding slightly different qualities of posture, light, and psychological presence. The Taisho period's combination of traditional feminine practice with the beginnings of modern sensibility gives Goyo's hair-combing women a particular historical resonance: the ancient gesture, performed in a contemporary domestic setting, carrying both timeless beauty and specific cultural moment.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Woman Combing Her Hair, Taishô period, dated 1920 was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in Taishô period, 1912-1926.
Woman Combing Her Hair, Taishô period, dated 1920 was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Taishô period, 1912-1926).
Woman Combing Her Hair, Taishô period, dated 1920 depicts bijin-ga.