Bathroom in the Morning - Hanga Vol. 13

Catalog note / 解説

"Yokushitsu Gozen" (Bathroom in the Morning). From the Sosaku Hanga folio, "Hanga" Volume 13, "Hanga" was published during 1924-30, sold by subscription. Onchi commented on the design, "... When a picture need an explanation, it means there is any common interactions between the picture and the viewers. It is probably not necessary to try explaining since either the picture was not good enough or the viewers were not understanding enough. The title shows what I drew. The fresh and vivid morning light and a bathroom filled with the light. There must be naked human figures and the warm water vapors in the room. I used "asa-bori" (the shallow carving) to express these shape-less, soft forms of…