Kubihiki (a tug of war between two persons with a loop of cord stretched around their necks) and janken (the game of 'paper stone and scissors') which were Ozashiki-Asobi (games with Geisha - Japanese professional female entertainer at drinking parties) in red light districts were used as themes and there is the example of 'November 11, 1855, the night of a big earthquake, namazu mondo' (literally, talk on catfish) in which Mathew Perry and a catfish play kubihiki.
遊廓のお座敷遊びであった首引きやじゃんけんもテーマとされ、地震の2年前に黒船で来航したマシュー・ペリーとナマズが首引きをする「安政二年十月二日夜大地震鯰問答」などの例がある。