Young Woman Dressing
- Date:
- Not set
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Beauty subjects are especially sought after in this category. Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
A second version of the young woman dressing composition, this print demonstrates Takasawa's consistent return to one of his most intimate subjects across his career. The repeated exploration of this private moment — a woman arranging herself in the quiet before or after the public day — reveals his interest in the in-between states of feminine life: not performance, not repose, but the active private self. Each version finds a slightly different quality in the familiar scene.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Young Woman Dressing was created by Takasawa Keiichi (高沢圭一) in Not set.
Young Woman Dressing depicts figures, bijin-ga, and interiors.
