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Woman Combing Her Hair by Gōyo Hashiguchi Illustration-Classic Flower Market Amsterdam channels thePerhaps 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