A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints

A monochrome woodblock print (sumizuri-e) showing three seated figures in an interior, rendered in black outline on paper with no added color. Two figures lean close together at left, one holding a shamisen, their robes patterned with florals, medallions, and dot motifs; a third figure at right, wearing a rounded cap, plays a shamisen while seated with legs folded. Behind them a papered screen or door bears a painted branch with maple-shaped leaves, and a small stand and round lidded vessel sit on the floor in the foreground. Torii Kiyonobu I, "A Professional Baffoon," from an untitled series of 12 prints, 1705, ōban.