Number 1 (1)

Dated 1969, this print is one of a numbered series that marks a period when Takasawa was working in an explicitly sequential studio mode, treating individual female figures as studies within a larger project. The "Number 1" designation places it as the opening statement of that series, introducing the tonal and compositional logic that would carry through subsequent prints. Against the warmth of Takasawa's characteristic palette, the figure asserts a calm, self-contained presence.