Woman Combing Her Hair by Gōyo Hashiguchi Bea Müller and the overall mood sits

and the overall mood sits somewhere between quiet and meditative

A fine art print built for lasting visual impact

The result is a piece that rewards both close study and admiration from across a room

The delicate gradation of colour

The composition owes nothing to representation — pure simultaneity governs the arrangement

Woman Combing Her Hair by Gōyo Hashiguchi Bea Müller and the overall mood sitsPerhaps 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