This is a lightly-printed impression of what seems to be the fourth and last state of the print. In the first state the cloud extends below the moon and its lower edge is sharp; the diagonal edge of the light grey block on the large roof rises at the lower right; a red ray extends above the lantern at the right (see Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi 1797-1861 [Amsterdam: Society for Japanese Arts, 1998], pl. 211). In the second state, the lower edge of the cloud is bevelled and cut back directly beneath the moon; the block for the shadow on the large roof is cut back to form a straight diagonal line; the diagonal edge of the shadow on the left roof is sharp and straight; the red block for the lantern ray is omitted (see Suzuki Juzo, Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Exhibition to Commemorate the 200th Anniversary of Utagawa Kuniyoshi's Birth [Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shimbun, 1996], pl. 193 [Springfield Museum of Fine Arts]).

In the third state, the cloud is cut further back so the entire bottom edge is level with the moon (see Yamaguchi Keizaburo, ed., Gurabuhon ukiyo-e meihin ten/Grabhorn Collection, exh. cat. [Tokyo: Bunyusha, 1995], pl. 160). In the fourth state, the shadow on the left roof is cut back to a bevelled, convex arc (see Charlotte van Rappard-Boon, gen. ed., Catalogue of the Collection of Japanese Prints, Part IV: Hiroshige and the Utagawa School--Japanese Prints c. 1810-1860 [Amsterdam: Rijksprintenkabinet/Rijksmuseum, 1984], no. 216). The wall at the left is shaded in the first and last states, otherwise unshaded. In the second, third and some impressions of the fourth state, the sky seems to have more clouds because the light grey block is printed more visibly.