Three Beauties of the Present Day is considered one of Utamaro's representative early works.[11] It depicts the profiles of three celebrity beauties of 1790s Edo (modern Tokyo).[12] Utamaro's subjects were not courtesans, as was expected in ukiyo-e, but young women known around Edo for their beauty.[13] These three were frequent subjects of Utamaro's art, and often appeared together.[14] Each is identified with an associated family crest.[15]