Writing table with rising sun; Lacquer table with the image of two rocks; seen through silver waves. Crows flying above the table with the sun rising. This performance refers to the first sunrise of the new year on the coast of Futamigaura in the province of Ise; where the so-called Man and Woman rock (My魌oseki); two sacred rocks connected by a twisted rope of straw. With three poems; sunrise; Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object); Japan; 1825; paper; colour woodcut; h 206 mm x w 180 mm