The tales of Steve Jobs & Japan #04: Woodcut by Goyo Hashiguchi on the face of original Mac
Old Mac fans may recognize the picture in the middle.
It's "Woman Combing Her Hair," a woodcut print by Goyo Hashiguchi which is exhibited right now at Yokohama Museum of Art at their 25th Anniversary "Fascinating Japanese Woodcut Print" exhibition (ends May 25, 2014).
You recognize this picture because it was used as the face of the original Macintosh.
It was one of the first pictures to be shown at introduction of original Macintosh:
It was also used on the cover of the manual for MacPaint, of course.
FREER | SLACKER Gallery, the Smithonian's museum of Asian Art even has picture of Steve Jobs pausing on a Mac with this picture on it (according to the blog post on the gallery, Jobs visited the gallery each year):
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