Title : Combing the Hair

Artist : Narita Morikane

Date : 1931

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Description : Title Twenty-four Figures of Charming Women - Combing the Hair Artist Morikane Narita fl.ca. 1930s Signature "Morikane". Seal Artist's seal. Dated 1931. Publisher Shinbisha. Medium/Technique Woodblock print. Description From the series "Adesugata Niju-shi Ko" ("Twenty-four Figures of Charming Women"). A beauty is combing her long hair after a dip in a small stream. Her Kimono is hanging on a branch besides her. Format Dai-Oban Width Item 11.2 inches = 28.5 cm Height Item 16.7 inches = 42.5 cm Literature Newland, Amy R.; and S. Hamanaka, "The Female Image: 20th Century Prints of Japanese Beauties", Leiden: Hotei, 2000, ISBN 90 74822 20 7, - Pl. 203

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