- Musume Hidokei, Uma no koku (The Hour of the Horse, from the series Sundial of Young Women) - Matazo Kayama Date: 2001

Date: 2001

was taken by her mother to hide

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

The interplay between stopping and listening creates a moment of calm and quiet reflection

- Musume Hidokei, Uma no koku (The Hour of the Horse, from the series Sundial of Young Women) - Matazo Kayama Date: 2001The 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