A colourised landscape photograph of three Japanese women sat at writing desks arranged in a row. Each wears a kimoni and has her hair tied up. Two of them are holding calligraphy brushes. Each has a writing desk in front of her with scrolls of paper with Japanese characters written on them. The women are seated on the floor with panels of woven straw matting beneath them. The scence takes place indoors, with a wall or screen visible behind the figures, as well as a painted hanging depicting blossom in the background to the right of the image. Original caption (handwritten in ink beneath): 'Writing Desks'.

This photograph may have been taken in a commercial photography studio.