Eight studies of women's hairstyles for Les Chimères, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1851

Colour woodblock print, oban tate-e. Bando shuka i as kijin no omatsu (the demon robber o-matsu), ichikawa danjuro viii as natsume shirosaburo holding their child, in the play 'shinpan koshi no shiranami' (新板越白浪 ) performed at the ichimura theatre, in the ninth month of 1851(kaei 4). Date: 1851. Dimensions: Height: 35.60 centimetres Width: 24.20 centimetres. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Bando Shuka I. Collection: British Museum. Kijin omatsu, Natsume Shirosaburo 鬼神おまつ、夏目四郎三郎 (BM 2008,3037.21336)

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Author: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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