IH022602

IH022602
Original by bpx.

A woman washes her long, black hair in a wooden tub, a popular theme in Japanese painting for a thousand years. Overprinting of the outlines of the body in pink gives softness and warmth to the figure. After the war years efforts were made to revive the craft of woodblock printing. For his contribution, Shinsui was made a Living National Treasure in 1952, and produced this famous design in the following year.