Overview

The scene of two human figures in formal wear standing in front of the palace building is depicted mainly using thin lines and in low relief. A similar scene is found on a small hand mirror about ten centimeters in diameter, and the same palace building is drawn on other mirrors with the rest of the design differing. It is one of the characteristics of mid-Edo period mirrors to combine different motifs in one mirror. The ground pattern of scattered sand looks less clear than the design itself, perhaps because the sand pattern alone was copied from another mold.