That picture depicts an outdoor eel vendor with his lamp paper shades bearing the words ' selling split eel ' and ' eel kabayaki .' その絵に露天で行う鰻売りの行燈に鰻さきうり・同かばやきと掲げられている。
Nenki-uri (whose " ki " can be written with three different characters 年期売 , 年季売 or 年紀売 , all of which relate to time or duration ) was a kind of contract of sale (usually of land ) used during japan ' s medieval period . 年期売(ねんきうり・年季売・年紀売)とは、中世日本で行われた売買契約の1つ。