A woman putting on an ornamental hairpin

やや首を傾けて､簪の先で頭皮を掻く仕草のこの女性は､妓楼で遊女達を取り締まり､万事を切り回す遣手婆と呼ばれた人であろう｡いかにもヤリテという顔つきに見える｡This woman, who is scratching her tilted head with a hairpin, is probably a "yaritebaba," the woman who managed courtesans and supervised the business of a brothel. She certainly has the look of such a woman