Woman Combing Her Hair by Gōyo Hashiguchi Bea Müller instilling the work with genuine

instilling the work with genuine emotional warmth

This archival fine art print renders Hasui's delicate tonal shifts and crisp outlines with complete accuracy

dynamic tonal contrast

modulating so gradually that the transitions feel less painted than felt

The composition owes nothing to representation — pure simultaneity governs the arrangement

Woman Combing Her Hair by Gōyo Hashiguchi Bea Müller instilling the work with genuinePerhaps the most recognised work in Hashiguchi's lifetime output of just fourteen prints, this shin hanga composition depicts a woman absorbed in the slow ritual of combing her hair. The cascading black hair dominates the composition, its linear flow contrasting with the geometric patterns of the kimono and the rounded forms of the figure. Hashiguchi's treatment of the hair each strand implied rather than drawn is a technical achievement that defines