GOYO -- "Woman at a Hot-Spring Hotel" (#7)

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Artist Goyo HASHIGUCHI
(1881-1921)
Title "Woman at a Hot-Spring Hotel"
("Onsen-yado")
Date 1920 (60th Anniversary "Commemorative Edition," sanctioned by Goyo's family, Dec 1981--later printing??)
Series na
Publisher Kyoto Tanseisha Publisher
Seal, Carver/Printer Uetani/Nakamura
Image Size 9 3/4 x 17
Impression Very Fine. Sumptuous light pink "mica" background; extensively gauffraged "yukata" (cotton robe).
Condition Nearly Excellent.
(Couple surface scratches; veryu slight wear.)
Reference/Illus "The Female Image," Plate #22, pg 47.
Comments A delicately lovely, tall print. One of only 16 lifetime images done by Goyo (11 "bijin-ga," 4 landscapes, 1 "kacho-e").
Margin seals indicate likely a post-1981 printing.
Item # DG-804
Price $550 Special
(was $850)