Parody of act VII of the play "Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chushingura)", c. 1782. A man reads a letter on the engawa (veranda) of a pleasure house. On a balcony above, a courtesan reads the coded letter by looking into a mirror. The matron of the house crawls out from under the engawa below.

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