Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) in the Role of Konoshita Tokichi from the Scene "Mountain Gate" in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo Hanayari

A standing kabuki actor in profile holds an open umbrella patterned in wide black-and-cream spokes over his head, while gripping a rolled scroll-like object under the raised beak of a dead white bird suspended in his other hand, its wings splayed and legs bound. He wears a black robe patterned with pale gourds and striped leaves over a white-collared under-kimono, with two swords thrust through his sash and the trailing hem pooling around wooden geta on a snow-covered ground. Vertical columns of black inscription run down the orange-brown wall to his left, and a barred, dark-latticed window structure fills the upper right; a broken arrow lies on the ground near the bird. Utagawa Kunisada, Ichikawa Danjūrō VII (1791–1859) in the Role of Konoshita Tokichi from the Scene "Mountain Gate" in the Play Yakko Yakko Edo Hanayari, 1819, woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper.