Preparatory drawing of High Priest Kōmyō

A standing figure in profile, mouth open as if shouting, wears a wrapped headcloth and layered robes cinched with wide sashes, with cloth-bound leggings and sandals; two long swords cross at the hip and a third staff-like implement angles across the back. The drawing is rendered mainly in black ink outline with reddish-orange underdrawing marks visible beneath and around the figure, on tan paper with a wider ivory/cream border, and a fragment of an architectural bracket or eave motif is sketched in the upper right. Preparatory drawing of High Priest Kōmyō, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1874, ink and color on paper.