Japanese artist Miyagawa Shuntei created this color woodcut print showing three sisters in their home, making origami. This is a Japanese word which combines “ori,” meaning folding, with “kami,” meaning paper. Do you see the person sitting outside the door? What do you think his relationship is to the girls?

Japanese artists usually sign their artwork with their name, in the form of a unique seal or stamp in red ink. Now you know how to spot this artist’s signature and seal on the right side of the print.

There are two shapes above the signature. What are they?