The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 9, 2026

A color woodblock print depicts a woman with light skin tone standing on a shore facing our left, bending forward to comb her long black hair. A patterned gray and red kimono is draped around her waist, leaving her torso bare. Stylized gray waves fill the background, while to the right sits a large reddish woven basket. In the upper right, a decorative cartouche features Japanese calligraphy.

Woman Diver Combing her Hair

1786–1864

Utagawa Kunisada

(Japanese, 1786–1865)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 37.5 x 24.8 cm (14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.712
Location: Not on view
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975: Japonism.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.712