A day at the Kabuki began at dawn, especially at a season-opening kaomise (face-showing) performance when a theater's acting company was introduced to the public. In this 1770s scene of Sakai Street drawn by ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Toyoharu, the Nakamura-za is lit by lanterns on the front right (the Ichimura-za is in the far right background). Large signboards depicting scenes from the day's plays adorn the second floor, along with marquees (not visible) advertizing featured actors. Your first glimpse at who and what might be playing on would have likely come from a kaomise banzuke (season-opening playbill). For this big day, theater-goers already pack the street. As you can glean from this scene, the theater drew all classes of people together. To see them in daylight, click the faint glow of the dawn sky.