According to the picture, a Nekomata (a mythical two-tailed monster cat) placed a gotoku (a tripod, and more particularly, a three or four-legged kettle stand used at a sunken hearth) on the head like a crown and is making fire with a hifuki-dake (bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire) in the sunken hearth.
2本の尻尾を持つ猫又が、五徳（囲炉裏でやかんなどを乗せる台）を冠のように頭に頂き、火吹き竹を持って囲炉裏で火を起こしている姿で描かれている。