忠臣蔵九段目|A Woman at Her Toilet Seated before a Mirror, Having Her Hair combed by a Kameyui (Woman Hairdresser)
1780
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
About the artist
1780
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
忠臣蔵九段目|A Woman at Her Toilet Seated before a Mirror, Having Her Hair combed by a Kameyui (Woman Hairdresser) is a 1780 ink by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, depicting Hair, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows four women in a room with sliding doors and a garden view. One woman sits at a low table, holding a mirror while another combs her hair. A servant in dark clothes carries a woven basket on her back. In the background, two more women work near a basket of straw. Notice how the artist uses simple lines and flat colors to show everyday life. The focus is on the quiet moment of hair care, not grand scenes. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build detail with lines.
