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Hairdressing Beauty

Size: 29.0cm by 21.0cm (11.42 in by 8.27 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Nishikawa Sukenobu

Era: Taisho | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 8,000$ 65.00£ 49.25€ 57.25 [Item has been sold]

Description: Part of a monthly subscription series of three woodblock prints issued by the Yamato Hanga Kano-khai in ca. 1924.

This print offers a glimpse into a serene, private moment as a young woman sits before a mirror, arranging her hair, her kimono slipped halfway down her body to reveal her bare torso, adding a touch of quiet sensuality to the scene. Set within a traditional tatami room, the open shoji door (door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent sheets on a lattice frame) allows a view of a garden outside, with a pond and floating water lilies evoking a calm, contemplative mood.

Additional details, like the green blind and a tsukubai (stone washbasin provided at the entrance to a holy place) visible on the left, enhance the sense of tranquility and natural beauty surrounding her.

There are traces of glue removal on the back of this print.

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