The genre paintings in the early Edo period moved in the direction of limiting or even eliminating background elements, such as place, number of people, and season, and by shifting from leisurely outdoor scenes to indoor ones. Ultimately, painters created a new style in which all background was eliminated and only human figures depicted, thereby emphasizing the beauty of the silhouette. One example of this is a group of paintings titled "Dancers." Against the gold ground of each panel, a kimono-clad dancer holding a fan is shown either in motion or in repose. The dancers seems to compete with one another in their attractiveness. The painter's attention is focused on the rhythmical movement of the dancers and the elaborate patterned kimono. Judging from the entirely gold ground, these paintings were presumably made in the Kan'ei era (1624-1629).