Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), A Roof-raising Ceremony on an Auspicious Day (Kisshin medetai muneage no zu): Actors Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Shikan IV (R), Kawarazaki Gonjūrō I, Ichikawa Kodanji IV (C), Ichikawa Ichizō III, and Onoe Baikō (L)

Illustration of workers doing house construction

Japanese, Edo period, 1860 (Ansei 7/Man’en 1), 9th month. Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper. William Sturgis Bigelow Collection.