A woman examines herself in a handheld mirror as she blackens her teeth (ohaguro お歯黒). The bottom half of her kimono is checkered black and brown with royal and baby blue trimming, while the top half is white with a red floral and diamond pattern. Her hair is swept back and held with a large tortoiseshell kanzashi (hairpin). Atop a basin are two pots filled with liquid that she has used to blacken her teeth, as well as a blue and white porcelain bowl filled with water to clean her brush. A cartouche in the top left depicts an outside scene of a geisha walking and holding a book.

Over the centuries, tooth blackening has served several purposes in Japan, including showing social status, proving loyalty to samurai masters, a sign of marriage, beauty, and strengthening and protecting teeth.

This print is likely an advertisement for a tooth blacking product. It is from the series, Parody on Thirty-two Weather Types.