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I am still wondering about these 3 sections of 29 columns (days?) each!

Dear francis minvielle

It seems that this work was catalogued by Waseda University Library as an undated Edo-period nishiki-e by Utagawa Kunimori, published by Kinkaidō. Waseda University Library catalogue The full scan is also available through. Each vertical column is a different proposed daily saving amount, progressing through useful denominations—from a few mon to hundreds of mon, then shu, bu, and ryō. The number of columns is simply the number of monetary examples selected for this ready-reference table; it is not a calendar count.
This historical Japanese numerical document shows in the lower figure “354 ryō” is exactly what one obtains from “1 ryō per day” in a normal 354-day lunisolar year. So, in the

Upper section - blue labels (Amount saved each day) this is a kind of starting amount

In the Middle section - yellow labels shows the total saved in a 30-day month, daily amount × 30

In lower section — white labels, there is a total saved in a 354-day year, daily amount × 354.

This is an 日々倹約一年の積高
Hibi kenyaku ichinen no tsumidaka
“Annual total accumulated through daily saving.”

I couln't define a good translation, but the lower result should be read approximately as:
金三十五両一分二朱百文
kin sanjūgo-ryō ichibu nishu hyaku-mon


Please, take a look at here for further references:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WUL-chi05_04050_%E6%97%A5%E3%80%85%E5%80%B9%E7%B4%84%E4%B8%80%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E7%A9%8D%E9%AB%98.pdf

or try to make contact with Waseda University:

https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kotenseki/html/chi05/chi05_04050/index.html

Best Regards,
Renato

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