Woman Preparing to Bathe, Her Image Reflected in the Water, Taishô period, dated 1918 (8th month of Taishô 9)
- 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 preparing to bathe, her image reflected in the water — a composition from the eighth month of Taisho 9 (1920) that introduces the doubled subject of woman and reflection, the physical body and its watery double. The reflection motif was central to Goyo's meditation on feminine self-image: the mirror and the reflective water surface both return the woman's image to her, and Goyo uses this doubling to create compositions of unusual psychological depth. The preparatory moment — before immersion — has a quality of charged anticipation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Woman Preparing to Bathe, Her Image Reflected in the Water, Taishô period, dated 1918 (8th month of Taishô 9) was created by Hashiguchi Goyo (橋口五葉) in Taishô period, 1912-1926.
Woman Preparing to Bathe, Her Image Reflected in the Water, Taishô period, dated 1918 (8th month of Taishô 9) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (Taishô period, 1912-1926).
Woman Preparing to Bathe, Her Image Reflected in the Water, Taishô period, dated 1918 (8th month of Taishô 9) depicts nude, figures, and bijin-ga.