Black hair

A nude woman kneels with her body turned three-quarter toward the viewer, head tilted down and to one side as she draws a yellow comb through her very long, straight black hair, holding the loose length taut with her other hand. Her skin is rendered in pale, unshaded cream tones with light red accents at the lips, nipples, and toenails, set against a plain warm beige background; a folded cloth with red and white striped fringe rests beneath her raised knee. Vertical Japanese text columns and a small red seal appear at the upper left, with additional characters printed along the bottom edge; the composition and palette are otherwise sparse, built almost entirely from the contrast of black hair against pale skin and ground. Kobayakawa Kiyoshi's mokuhanga print "Black hair" (year unknown).