Comment - The woodblock shows a lively winter scene, maybe around New Year. A kadomatsu arrangement is framing the street scene on the right margin. Two female musicians on getatas are playing shamisen like instruments, a boy and a girl in traditional attire are listening, two passers-by on the lower left are watching. The background shows two carriages, nearly only the wheels are visible.The street is aligned with traditional living houses, the blue-gray background maybe showing snow patches and snow slopes. Two edo kaku kites are roaming the sky, a yakko kite flutters on the upper right beneath the title cassette (not read). 

Page 5 contains the same picture page as page 7.


Series - An e-hon (manga) collection of two small volumes. Only the first volume contains pictures an text, the second volume is only made up with stories.

Artist - see Biography Signature - none Publisher - Matsumura Shunsuke (松村 俊介) Image Size - 11.6 x 17.5 cm (4 9/16" x 6 7/8")

e-hon volumes

Condition - e-hon (manga booklet); nishiki-e (cloured woodblock); vertical  small yotsugiri format (quarter ôban)