- Musume Hidokei, Mi no koku (The Hour of the Snake, from the series Sundial of Young Women) - Birds The beautiful etching print "Giō-ji"

The beautiful etching print "Giō-ji" (Giō-ji Temple

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koku ("Drawn and carved by Takeji") appear in Japanese in the lower right corner of the image

Artist's red seal on the lower-right corner of the image

- Musume Hidokei, Mi no koku (The Hour of the Snake, from the series Sundial of Young Women) - Birds The beautiful etching print "Giō-ji"The beautiful woodblock print Musume Hidokei, Mi no Koku (The Hour of the Snake, from the series Sundial of Young Women) is by Kitagawa Utamaro. This celebrated series depicts the daily life of townswomen at different hours of the day, with Mi no Koku corresponding to approximately 10: 00 a. m. The composition portrays the daughter of a merchant family accompanied by a mature female hairdresser. After having her hair arranged, the young woman gazes