- Musume Hidokei, Uma no koku (The Hour of the Horse, from the series Sundial of Young Women) - Matazo Kayama koku' (“Drawn and carved by

koku' (“Drawn and carved by Takeji”) are in Japanese in the lower-right corner of the image

The incredibly fine rendering of each strand of straw creates a striking sense of texture

Artist's name "Shuzo Ikeda" in Japanese and English

created from 1934-1935

- Musume Hidokei, Uma no koku (The Hour of the Horse, from the series Sundial of Young Women) - Matazo Kayama koku' (“Drawn and carved byThe beautiful woodblock print Musume Hidokei, Uma no Koku (The Hour of the Horse, from the series Sundial of Young Women) is by Kitagawa Utamaro. This celebrated series portrays the daily life of townswomen at various hours of the day, with the Hour of the Horse corresponding to around noon. The composition depicts two young women fresh from the bath, each holding a tenugui (hand towel). The woman on the right gently clenches between her teeth a small