The kimonos worn by high-ranking prostitutes in the pleasure districts of Edo Japan were often elaborately decorated with colourful motifs and symbols.

At the bottom of Wakamurasaki's kimono is a fan typically seen in Sumo fights or during battle. It has a design of crashing blue waves and red tassels that loop through it. Around the fan, meandering plum blossom branches reach the top of the garment. Plum blossoms are an auspicious flower associated with perseverance and renewal due to their blooming season which comes at the end of Winter. Behind the plum branches, a bamboo cage, containing small gallinaceous birds, is securely tied with red rope to a lacquered base decorated with six-petaled flowers.

Perched atop the cage is a white long-tailed cock, sometimes referred to as the Phoenix cock. In Japan, the cockerel symbolises courage and a martial spirit, a reflection of its role in cockfights, making it an emblem of masculine strength.