After A Bath — 湯上がり
- Date:
- 1898
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
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.
"After A Bath" (湯上がり, yuagari, 1898) depicts a woman immediately after bathing — a subject with deep roots in the bijin-ga tradition that Shuntei approaches with his characteristic combination of sensuous awareness and formal restraint. The post-bath figure, her hair still damp, her skin flushed with the heat of the water, her kimono loosely arranged, was a standard subject in Japanese figure prints because it allowed the representation of a woman in a state of physical relaxation and undress without requiring any explicit erotic framing. Shuntei renders the specific condition of post-bath warmth and physical ease.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
After A Bath — 湯上がり was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1898.
After A Bath — 湯上がり depicts figures, bijin-ga, and daily life.
