Shinsui is Japan's preeminent shin-hanga bijin-ga master. His "Modern Beauties" and related series remain in strong demand, with provenance from notable collections (Freddie Mercury's collection appeared at Sotheby's 2023) adding premium value.
The Japanese bath—a deeply ritualized daily practice—provides the setting for this [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) in which a woman steps from or prepares to enter the bath, her body partially revealed in the transitional state of after-bathing (yokugo). Shinsui's multiple prints of after-bath subjects—here subtitled "yokugo"—explore the body at its most unguarded and natural, freed from the elaborate architecture of formal kimono dressing. The subject had classical precedent in [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) but Shinsui's treatment is distinctively modern in its psychological directness.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
After bath- Yokugo — Yokugo was created by Ito Shinsui (伊東深水).
After bath- Yokugo — Yokugo was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
After bath- Yokugo — Yokugo depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors.
