Lady spies on a man writing nembutsu

ca. 1815-32 (late Edo) Citation Source image

Male role (Shuomaru?) played by Onoe Kikugoro III and female role (Shoji-musume Osato) played by Iwai Kumesaburo II. The man appears to be writing out the Buddhist incantation "Namu myoho renge kyo"

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17454
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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
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en
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2
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Utagawa School
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