from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)

This vertical woodblock print from Kawanabe Kyosai's series *One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai* (*Kyôsai hyakuzu*) combines two small-scale scenes beneath a solid dark indigo title banner, with a vertical column of Japanese text running down the left edge. In the upper scene, two seated figures in red-orange and purple robes face one another beside a low stand set with brush and writing implements, a pale lavender folded panel occupying the upper corner; in the lower scene, three figures in blue, tan, and white robes sit near a round, banded wooden tub. The design is rendered in black outline with flat washes of red, purple, blue, and yellow on cream paper, with a small red seal at the lower right; the year of publication is unknown.