Kunichika usually received 6 or 7 yen for a drawing that came in a set of three panels, but HORICHO, a carver and publisher, apparently paid him the average of 4.50 or 5 yen.
国周の画稿料は3枚続一組が6，7円を普通とし、彫師で版元を兼ねた彫長は平均4円50銭ないし5円で描かせていたという。