Item from the Mokuhankan Flea Market

Woman Combing Her Hair

Size: 40.5cm by 27.0cm (15.94 in by 10.63 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 8,000$ 72.00£ 59.25€ 67.00 [Item has been sold]

Description: This is one of the eight known remaining pieces from the series Fujin Sōgaku Jittai ("Ten Physiognomies of Women"). Utamaro is thought to have designed these pieces around 1801-1803, This print shows a young woman with ohaguro blackened teeth, combing her hair.

This particular print is a mid-1970s reproduction by the Takamizawa Company.

There are a few small foxing spots at the lower part of this print.

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