Japanese customs : a popular Japanese coiffure

Two photographs show a traditional Japanese hair style known as shimada. The top photograph shows an American woman in a kimono modeling the shimada coiffure. The bottom photograph shows a Japanese hair dresser preparing a woman's hair.

Publication date: 1938-01-23

Size: 18 x 8.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Japan

Subject(s):

• Hairstyles--Japan--1930-1940
• Kimonos--1930-1940
• Hairdressing--Japan--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Fashion photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 23, 1938), p. 11

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)