/internal/media/dispatcher/971735/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=B8E2F6A7D7FF5829F6CD284AF5287AE9A Female Hairdresser (Onna kamiyui), from the series Short Comic Stories by the Rakugo Master Sanshôtei Karaku (Ichibu senkô sokuseki banashi, Sanshôtei Karaku)1820sUtagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)Yamaguchiya Tōbei (Kinkōdō)Vertical ôban; 39.1 x 27.2 cm (15 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.155510Sanshôtei Karaku I (1777-1833) was one of the first rakugo performers (comic storytellers) and the founder of a line that continues to the present day. "Ichibu senkô sokuseki banashi," a story short enough to be told while one stick of temple incense burned, was the first kind of story taught to aspiring rakugo artists. In this series title, however, the term is written with the character for "one step" rather than "one stick."Prints39.100000000020808001