partially obscure the underwater scene. Careful attention goes to the individual strands of the women's hair. The amas in this picture demonstrate the manner in which he depicted them in future prints. Print No. 2 A wakashū (adolescent boy) and his older lover recline in a parlour. The woman grasps her lover's collar and confronts him after finding a letter in his robes. She grips the letter in her left hand, whose little finger is bandaged; Edo-period courtesans cut a little finger as a sign of faith towards a man. From a partial opening in her kimono, the woman's pubic hair can be seen. A tea kettle boils on a brazier in the background. Print No. 3 A couple has joyous sex on the lamplit floor with eyes closed. The woman kisses the man's cheek with a look of ecstasy. She has shaved eyebrows, indicating she is married. The pair appear to be on a bedroom floor surrounded by a byōbu folding screen, but that she is still in her kimono suggests her partner is not her husband. Print No. 4 Two lovers have sex on the floor in front of a pair of byōbu screens decorated with the images of plum blossoms and bamboo. The male is a samurai, and his topknot protrudes beyond the enclosing frame of the image. The woman's kimono bears a Japanese primrose mon crest, a mark born by the geisha Tomimoto Toyohina, whom Utamaro often depicted. Print No. 5 From the woman's tsunokakushi headdress the scene is presumed to take place at a shrine; since the Meiji period (1868–1912), the tsunokakushi has come to be associated with Japanese weddings, but in the Edo period they were used for temple visits. The picture suggests the visit was but a pretence for a secret tryst between what are probably servants in samurai mansions. The young man leans toward the young woman, appearing to whisper in her ear, while the woman holds a wad of kaishi paper to her mouth. The ukiyo-e scholar named the male "Orisuke" (), a nickname given to young male servants in the Edo period, but Yoshikazu Hayashi doubted the figure came from such a low rank. Amongst the fine printing details are the glittering mica dust applied to the tsunokakushi and the karasuri embossed pattern on the sole of the bride's tabi sock. Print No. 6 A young man has sex on