At Nihonbashi, Starting the Ōyama Pilgrimage (Nihonbashi Ōyama mōde no zu)

A tight cluster of six men in matching black-and-white check kimonos crowds the composition against a dark indigo night sky, their pale faces and shaved-pate hairstyles sharply lit; several carry pilgrimage staffs and a long red lacquered wand-like pole slung diagonally across the center panel, while one figure at right holds an open fan marked with a bold red character. The palette is dominated by indigo, black-and-white check, and deep red accents, with the figures' intent, forward-glancing expressions and close-packed poses giving the scene a sense of bustling motion. Title cartouches and inscriptions run down the right panel, identifying the scene as Utagawa Kuniteru II's ōban triptych *At Nihonbashi, Starting the Ōyama Pilgrimage*.