One woman fans herself in the heat while another concentrates on cutting a paper decoration for the Tanabata festival. The original print by Koryūsai, part of a series titled Imayô Gosekku Tawamure (今様五節句戯, "Up-to-date Amusements of the Five Festivals"), was probably produced in the 1770s. The publishers of this reproduction seem to have used a lead-based pigment known as tan, which by this time has become heavily oxidised, leaving the discolouration in the orange areas. The shape of the tree has been cleverly printed on the screen in the background.