Artist · 5 prints
Hashiguchi Goyō Prints
About Hashiguchi Goyō
Hashiguchi Goyō (1880–1921) was a Japanese painter and print designer born in Kagoshima. He studied Kanō-school painting as a boy, and in 1899 moved to Tokyo to study with the painter Hashimoto Gahō. On the advice of Kuroda Seiki he turned to Western-style painting and studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, graduating at the top of his class.
Goyō is known for his woodblock prints of women. His first print, Woman at the Bath (1915), was published by Watanabe Shōzaburō and is regarded as one of the first shin-hanga prints, the movement that revived the Japanese woodblock print in the 20th century. He then set up his own workshop and self-published his later designs, including Yabakei (1918) and Woman Combing Her Hair (1920). He completed about 14 prints in his lifetime. His work is held by the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington.
Hashiguchi Goyō prints: reproductions of the Japanese shin-hanga woodblock prints Goyō designed between 1915 and 1920. The collection includes Woman at the Bath (1915), Yabakei (1918), Woman Combing Her Hair (1920), Woman After a Bath (1920) and Evening Moon over Kōbe (1920).
Our selection centres on his studies of women bathing and combing their hair, alongside two landscapes: the river gorge of Yabakei and the harbour city of Kōbe under an evening moon. The figure prints show the close attention to hair, hands and pose that came from his training in both Japanese and Western painting.
The figure prints suit bedrooms, bathrooms and dressing rooms, and the landscapes suit studies and hallways. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
