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Woman Dressing by Hashiguchi Goyo — Japanese Woodblock print, 1920

Woman Dressing

by Hashiguchi Goyo

Shin-hanga
FiguresBijin-gaInteriors
Date:
1920
Medium:
Woodblock print
Format:
Oban
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
Source:
met

Description

A woman dressing — engaged in the process of putting on her kimono and obi — captured in one of Goyo's 1920 compositions documenting the elaborate ritual of Japanese feminine dress. The process of dressing in a proper kimono required either assistance or considerable personal skill: the underrobe, the main garment, the obi tied in complex configurations depending on occasion and status. Goyo's dressing women are always engaged in this process at specific stages, never generically "getting dressed" but precisely observed at a particular moment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Woman Dressing was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in 1920.

Woman Dressing was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1920).

Woman Dressing depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors.