Morning Hair - Asa Negami — 朝寝髪

A woman's hair is disheveled in the particular way called asanegami — morning hair, the just-awakened state before the daily grooming that composes one for public presentation. Kotondo chose this subject repeatedly in 1931, drawn to the vulnerability of the morning moment, when a woman is most fully herself and least constructed for others. The loose strands and undone arrangement of the hair become a kind of emotional portrait, a rendering of private life before the ceremonies of the day begin.