Wu Gang, a Chinese hero

A bearded man in pale green and blue robes stands against a large pale-yellow circular moon, gazing and pointing upward with his right hand while gripping a long-handled axe in his left; a woven straw hat hangs across his back and grey clouds drift at his feet. Pink and white cartouches with Japanese text occupy the upper right corner, alongside the artist's red seal and signature at lower left. The palette is soft and muted — celadon green, dusty blue, cream, and grey — set within a plain cream-toned border, from Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's "Wu Gang, a Chinese hero," a Japanese woodblock print (mokuhanga).