Writing man in black kimono (series title); Musashib?Benkei; in black kimono; bends over a sheet of paper with a brush in his hand to make the first calligraphy of the New Year. Behind him a flowering miniature plum tree in a pot; with a sign that says 'Gary鸼ai'; the name of the famous plum tree at the Kameido Tenjin shrine in Edo (present-day Tokyo). With three poems; right sheet of a diptych; calligraphy (variant); tree: plum-tree; Keisai Eisen (mentioned on object); Japan; 1825 - 1829; paper; polishing; h 207 mm x w 188 mm