Pyramids

A single dark pyramid rises against a wavelike expanse of clouds, a thin crescent moon in the upper left; below, a line of silhouetted camel riders in turbans crosses a ridge of dunes toward domed and minaret-topped buildings rendered in pale, ghostly outline at the horizon. The palette is confined to blue-grey monochrome washes on cream paper, with the light architectural silhouettes standing out against the darker sky and foreground land. This mokuhanga print, titled "Pyramids" by Nagase Yoshio, bears inscriptions in the lower margin reading "à Paris" and a date resembling "août 19[3]0."