Two Courtesans, One Playing a Koto (Harp) and The Other Reading a Letter

The image shows two women. The woman on the left sits on the floor, wearing a floral kimono with puffy sleeves. Her black hair is styled with a black and white headdress. She holds a long piece of paper. A koto rests on a stand in front of her; she plays it with her right hand. The woman on the right stands and wears a dark-colored kimono with a floral pattern. Her black hair is styled with a stick headdress. She holds a letter in her left hand. Japanese text appears on the paper the seated woman plays and on the letter in the woman's hand. Japanese characters are written vertically on both sides of the image. A red seal is in the bottom-right corner, and the year "1922" is printed at the bottom. The background is beige.