Today's Fashions (Ima Sugata)

This Japanese album of xylographic prints was made in 1907 by Yamamoto Shoūn (1870–1965). Each of the 23 prints features a woman partaking in different activities, including normal, everyday activities and ones that are more special in nature. The women are sometimes accompanied by children. The prints combine traditional Japanese and more modern elements: the result of the country's Westernization during the Meiji Era (1868–1912). These prints promote the period's new feminine beauty ideal which harmoniously blended modernity and tradition. This print is titled Nanimonai and shows a woman shaving the head of her son, who is surrounded by various traditional toys.