There are three states of the print. The first, a calendar picture for 1766, is signed Meikodo Sakei ko and sealed Sakei, with calendar marks on the jar (see David B. Waterhouse, Harunobu and his Age: The Development of Colour Printing in Japan [London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1964], no. 18). The second state is signed, but the calendar marks are removed. In the third state, as here, the signature and seal have been removed (see also Yoshida, Harunobu zenshu [Tokyo: Takamizawa Mokuhansha, 1942], no. 135).