The actor Nakamura Utaemon V playing the role of nanny Masaoka in the play Meiboku Sendai Hagi

A half-length portrait of a kabuki actor in the female role of nanny Masaoka, with white oshiroi makeup, arched red-lined eyes, red lips, and a black wig with two horizontal hair ornaments crossed at the side. The figure wears a black kimono patterned with white snow-circles and green bamboo leaves, layered over a red under-robe with a pale interlocking-wave motif and a stiff green-and-orange brocade panel at the chest, hands folded at the waist against a plain tan background with a faint tile pattern at right. Vertical Japanese text runs down the right margin and an artist's seal appears at upper left; woodblock print (mokuhanga) by Ota Masamitsu.