Japan, Shakuyakutei, Saisanrô, Kasanrô, Shinsai, Ryûryûkyo, Scroll paintings, recto - stamped, Two hand scrolls on a presentation tray with a partially unrolled scroll painting behind it showing a seated figure on a veranda; probably the court lady and writer Murasaki Shikibu. In the foreground a black lacquer box and a brush. Murasaki Shikibu wrote the novel 'The Tale of Genji' in the eleventh century. She is often depicted writing in the Ishiyama temple, to which one of the two poems in this print also refers., print, prent, surimono, prints, Japan (collection), height 140 mm, width 180 mm, Japanese, 1764 - 1825, print maker, printmaker, 1810 - 1810, first quarter 19th century, paper, colour woodcut, colour woodblock, blind stamping, Work conception, after a print by, poet, 1767 - 1845