Torii Suneemon Katsutaka leaving his master's castle

A bare-chested man with wild dark hair crouches and swims low in dark green water beneath a wooden gate or pier structure, gripping a blue-sheathed sword and reaching one arm up toward a beam while taut diagonal cords crisscross the water around him; two white herons fly overhead through streaks of falling rain. A red title cartouche and a pale rectangular text panel with columns of Japanese script occupy the upper portion of the composition. Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock print) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, titled "Torii Suneemon Katsutaka leaving his master's castle," date unknown.