This surimono (privately commissioned woodblock print) was designed by Eisai Hokutai, a pupil of Katsushika Hokusai. It belongs to the series Twelve Excellent Chinese and Japanese Calligraphies (和漢十二能書). The composition depicts the Heian-period (794–1185) calligrapher Fujiwara no Yukinari seated and writing on folding fans, accompanied by a woman in a long-sleeved kimono (furisode) holding a decorated poem slip. The contrast between the historical figure in court dress and the contemporarily dressed woman appears in other known designs from the series.

Surimono were produced in limited numbers for private distribution, often as year-end gifts (seibo) within literary or social circles. Unlike commercial prints, they frequently incorporate specialised techniques such as gradated printing (bokashi), embossing, and the use of metallic pigments and mica, as seen here.