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The Third Month: (Unidentified Actors as) Dolls Made of Paper (Kami ningyô), (Iwai Kumesaburô III as) a Court Lady (Kanjo), (Onoe Tamizô II) as a Naked Baby Doll (Hadaka ningyô), and (Nakayama Bungorô II as) a Toy Dog (Inu hariko), from the series Clever Ideas in Gestures for the Twelve Months (Miburi jûni omoitsuki)

Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Publisher Ebisuya Shôshichi (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
about 1847–48 (Kôka 4–Kaei 1)