| | Stockno.: | 21-102-4 | Artist: | Wada Sanzō 和田 三造(1883-1967) | Description: | No 4. The female hairdresser (Feminine hairdressing). From the series ‘Japanese vocations of the Shōwa era in pictures – Volume 2’ (Shōwa shokugyō ezukushi dai nishū 昭和職業繪盡 第二輯). Published by Nishinomiya Shoin (Shinagawa Kiyoomi) August 1940.
Block-cutters: Hino Keikichi, Komeda Shintarō and Fujikawa Manjirō
Printer: Mitsumoto Kaichi
Accompanying text examines the struggles of this vocation: ‘[..] The Japanese style of hairdressing seems to be reserved for professional entertainers.[..] Each beauty parlour must compete with its rivals in the same line of business, while mastering both the old and the new arts*, it is obvious that the vocation is by no means a simple one.’ *Referring to foreign hairstyles that were considered trendy and modern. | Signed: | Sanzō plus artist's seal. | Size: | Oban | Condition: | Very good impression and colour, slightly toned in the margins. | Price: | Euro 275 | Reference: | (see NnH no.28) | | | |
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