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An earthenware vase with a tapering ovoid body and short, slightly flared neck and foot, painted and gilt with scenes showing the decorating, drying, and folding of lengths of silk. The shoulder is decorated with a shaped border of millefleurs surrounding roundels of pink and white cherry blossom. The original copper-plate design for this vase is in the possession of the Osaka City Museum, donated by the Yabu family. Such copper plates were used to print the design on a sheet of paper, after which the design was cut out from the printed paper and placed on the pottery, and the outline was impressed on the white background.