The Pride of Edo: An Assortment of Beauties (Edo jiman bijin soroe)

In a comfortably affluent middle-class home in Edo, three sisters or sisters-in-law wearing their New Year finery enjoy a quiet holiday afternoon with the baby, an assortment of brand-new illustrated books, and a happy cat whose three-colored fur symbolizes good luck. The group gathers around a kotatsu, a piece of furniture consisting of a small table with a heater under it and a quilt on top that is still used in traditional Japanese-style rooms during the winter—and still greatly loved by cats.