Album of Sketches for Lacquer Decoration (Makie shitae no zu) 蒔絵下絵の図

The image shows a piece of aged paper with two drawings of birds. The paper is off-white and rectangular, with a darker border around it. The drawing on the right is of a bird facing left, sitting on a branch. The bird has a black head, white stripe over its eye, and a body covered in black and white feathers. The drawing on the left is of a bird standing on a surface, facing right. The bird has a brown and white striped head, a brown neck and chest with white and brown feathers on its wings and tail. The background of the paper has several rectangular patches of different shades of beige and blue.