Hanging scroll of a woman washing her hair over a black basin while a kneeling attendant in a striped kimono helps, on a veranda beside a shoji screen.

Woman washing her hair with an attendant

A woman lies face-down on a wooden veranda, her long hair spread over a round black lacquer basin, while a kneeling attendant in a striped kimono tends her. Behind them, a shoji screen, bare branches, and bamboo appear in muted ink and color on a hanging scroll.

Artist: Katsukawa Shunsui 勝川春水 (fl. 1744-1764)
Date: mid-18th century
Medium: Ink and color on paper
Source: Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art)
Size: 1392 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Museum of Asian Art) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1767).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art

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