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Woman Folding a Kimono by Hashiguchi Goyo — Japanese Woodblock print, ink on paper, 1953

Woman Folding a Kimono

by Hashiguchi Goyo

Shin-hanga
FiguresBijin-gaDaily Life
Date:
1953
Medium:
Woodblock print, ink on paper
Format:
Oban
Dimensions:
26.5 × 38.9 cm
Edition:
Published by Watanabe Shozaburo

Description

A woman folding a kimono — a posthumous edition from 1953 preserving one of Goyo's most quietly domestic compositions, the figure engaged in the careful, deliberate process of folding the complex garment. Folding a kimono correctly was a skilled task requiring knowledge of the garment's construction and a practiced hand: the garment had to be folded along specific lines to prevent creasing the decorated fabric. Goyo renders this act of domestic care with the same attentiveness he brought to his more conventionally beautiful subjects.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Woman Folding a Kimono was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in 1953.

Woman Folding a Kimono was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1953).

Woman Folding a Kimono depicts figures, bijin-ga, and daily life.

Woman Folding a Kimono measures 26.5 × 38.9 cm (Oban format).