忠臣蔵九段目|A Woman at Her Toilet Seated before a Mirror, Having Her Hair combed by a Kameyui (Woman Hairdresser)

Kitagawa Utamaro, 1754

MEDIUMWoodblock print; ink and color on paper

DIMENSIONSH. 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Kitagawa Utamaro

Kitagawa Utamaro, a master of ukiyo-e, captivated Edo Japan with his exquisite 'large-headed pictures of beautiful women' in the 1790s.