An aqueous hair cleansing composition, comprising the following components,,, and, and water, wherein the aqueous hair cleansing composition has a pH of from 2 to 5 at 25°C when diluted 20-fold by mass with water: an anionic surfactant; a cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose having a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose represented by the following general formula, and having a degree of substitution with cationized ethyleneoxy groups of from 0.01 to 2.9 and a degree of substitution with propyleneoxy groups of from 0.1 to 4.0: wherein, in the general formula, R 1, R 2, and R 3 each independently represent a substituent represented by the following general formula, and n represents an average degree of polymerization of the anhydroglucose and is from 50 to 5,000; wherein, in the general formula, one of Y 1 and Y 2 represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents a cationic group represented by the following general formula, PO represents a propyleneoxy group, p represents a number of cationized ethyleneoxy groups (-CH(Y 1)-CH(Y 2)-O-), q represents a number of propyleneoxy groups (-PO-), and p and q each represent 0 or a positive integer, provided that a case where all p's and q's in R 1, R 2, and R 3 simultaneously represent 0 is excluded, and when both p and q do not represent 0, the cationized ethyleneoxy group and the propyleneoxy group may be added in any order, and when both p and q do not represent 0, and p and/or q each represent/represents 2 or more, any one of a block bond and a random bond is permitted; wherein, in the general formula, R 4, R 5, and R 6 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and X - represents an anionic group; one or two or more organic solvents selected from the group consisting of the following components and: an aromatic alcohol represented by the following general formula: wherein, in the general formula, R 7 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a methoxy group, Y 3 represents a single bond, or a linear or branched alkylene group or alkenylene group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Z1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, and r and s each represent a number of 0 to 5; and a polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of from 200 to 1,000; and one or two or more organic carboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid. an anionic surfactant; a cationized hydroxypropyl cellulose having a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose represented by the following general formula, and having a degree of substitution with cationized ethyleneoxy groups of from 0.01 to 2.9 and a degree of substitution with propyleneoxy groups of from 0.1 to 4.0: wherein, in the general formula, R 1, R 2, and R 3 each independently represent a substituent represented by the following general formula, and n represents an average degree of polymerization of the anhydroglucose and is from 50 to 5,000; wherein, in the general formula, one of Y 1 and Y 2 represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents a cationic group represented by the following general formula, PO represents a propyleneoxy group, p represents a number of cationized ethyleneoxy groups (-CH(Y 1)-CH(Y 2)-O-), q represents a number of propyleneoxy groups (-PO-), and p and q each represent 0 or a positive integer, provided that a case where all p's and q's in R 1, R 2, and R 3 simultaneously represent 0 is excluded, and when both p and q do not represent 0, the cationized ethyleneoxy group and the propyleneoxy group may be added in any order, and when both p and q do not represent 0, and p and/or q each represent/represents 2 or more, any one of a block bond and a random bond is permitted; wherein, in the general formula, R 4, R 5, and R 6 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and X - represents an anionic group; one or two or more organic solvents selected from the group consisting of the following components and: an aromatic alcohol represented by the following general formula: wherein, in the general formula, R 7 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a methoxy group, Y 3 represents a single bond, or a linear or branched alkylene group or alkenylene group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Z1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, and r and s each represent a number of 0 to 5; and a polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of from 200 to 1,000; and an aromatic alcohol represented by the following general formula: wherein, in the general formula, R 7 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a methoxy group, Y 3 represents a single bond, or a linear or branched alkylene group or alkenylene group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Z1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, and r and s each represent a number of 0 to 5; and a polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of from 200 to 1,000; and one or two or more organic carboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy monocarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid.