Preliminary Drawing of Three Deer Mounted on a Hanging-scroll Painting of Flowering Bush Clover

The image shows a hanging-scroll painting with a central rectangular section featuring three deer drawn in brown ink. The deer are depicted in a simple line drawing style with minimal details. The central section has a light brown background and is surrounded by a white area with painted branches of flowering bush clover in shades of gray, pink, and black. A blue and gold patterned border is at the top, and a similar blue border is at the bottom. The entire image has a brown border around the edges. There are also some Chinese characters written vertically on the left side of the image in gold ink. The artwork is by Ogata Kōrin.