Woman styling the hair of a woman sitting on a tatami, while a third woman is watching. Photo of a series of 42 hand coloured albumine prints at Spaarnestad Photo by Felice Beato, Kusakabe Kimbei or Raimund baron von Stillfried. Japan, around 1880.
I found another photo of Japanese women involved in hairstyling ritual, from the Waseda University Library:
source: Nationaal Archief on Flickr, Waseda University Library