120820-0010 - Hairdressers

Hairdressers at work at trailblazing hairdresser Torako Iga’s hair salon in Shinbashi, Tokyo.

Together with famous Shinbashi hairdressers Fumiko Sekiguchi (関口文子) and Chiyo Kuwashima (桑島千代), Torako Iga (伊賀とら子) established the Tokyo Women’s Beauty School (東京女子美髪学校) in 1913 (Taisho 2).

The school played a major role in the development of the hairdressing trade and working women entering society in Japan.

Caption: 東京一流 新橋伊賀とら 髪結場の光景 (View of first-class hairdressing salon Shinbashi Iga Tora in Tokyo).