Nishiki-e (Multicolored Print), ink and color on paper. Two noblemen meet outside the Imperial palace in Kyoto both dressed large round collar robes common for civil officials called Sokutai. Some upper-class women pass by covering their heads with veils and a retinue carrying a palanquin, likely holding another noble inside, emerge from the lower left-hand corner. At the center of the image are the towering gates of the imperial palace
