'Hair Styling' Woodblock Triptych By Chikanobu Finish - Black Lacquer due to their complicated production

due to their complicated production process

(hammering the design from the reverse)

this piece makes a beautiful architectural fragment for display in the home

molten bronze is poured into the clay mould

86 x 50 x 95 (wxdxh cms)

'Hair Styling' Woodblock Triptych By Chikanobu Finish - Black Lacquer due to their complicated productionThis old Japanese woodblock triptych is by Meiji era woodblock print artist Ysh (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (1838 1912), also called Toyohara Chikanobu. This woodblock is entitled "Hair Styling Artist" from the series 'The Inner Palace of Chiyoda' and the 'Album of Women'. This album is a portal into the hidden world of the Shogun's princess and her attendants in Edo Castle over a year. This print depicts a hairstylist working on an aristocratic lady's hair