The view is this uchiwa-e (rigid fan print) design by Hiroshige is set in the northern part of the Takanawa district in southern Edo, where buildings lined both sides of the Tokaido Highway. The characters on the paper lanterns indicate that this is a geisha administrative office being used by the three courtesans for a practice session. The woman in the centre is dressed as an itinerant female dancer, while those on the right prepare to accompany her with a shoulder drum and shamisen. On the left is a stage prop in the form of a cut-out boat, and on the floor to the right is a pair of wooden clappers of the sort used in the widely popular kabuki theatre. These, the dancer's costume and the configuration of musical instruments suggest that the performance will be a nagauta-accompanied rendering (ballad singing) of the Asazumabune dance. The 26th night of the title is that of the seventh month, on which it was customary, as in the first month, to celebrate the rising of the moon. Takanawa was a favoured location for viewing the moon and was particularly busy at this time of the year.