6437461 Syllable - Mi from the series Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Prints, c.1770-1773 (woodblock on paper) by Shunsho, Katsukawa (1726-92); 21.7x15.7 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: From a series of 22 prints illustrating the 11th century novel \'Tales of Ise\'. Dominant colour is green to yellow-green, with pale sepia brown and yellow ochre to pale orange. Palace interior. In foreground a lady seated at a low table with writing box and paper with script and a pile of books. To lady\'s left is shoji recess with lacquer box on sill. Lady is holding a writing brush and is listening to a standing nobleman, gesturing with a fan in his right hand - has clearly entered from veranda. Flowering prunus branch seen in rear. At top corner of each print is a single character (of Kana type) each different and enclosed in circle (0.8cm diameter).); 穢 Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery.