Beauty Fixing Hair, from the series Scenery of Famous Places and Twelve Physiognomies of Beauties

Kitagawa Utamaro

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Caption

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753–1806). Beauty Fixing Hair, from the series Scenery of Famous Places and Twelve Physiognomies of Beauties, ca. 1803. Color woodblock print on paper, 14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (38.0 x 25.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Herbert Libertson, 86.270.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Beauty Fixing Hair, from the series Scenery of Famous Places and Twelve Physiognomies of Beauties

Date

ca. 1803

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Color woodblock print on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

14 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (38.0 x 25.2 cm)

Signatures

Utamaro hitsu (歌麿筆)

Credit Line

Gift of Herbert Libertson

Accession Number

86.270.3

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