Actors as a kneeling old man, Chūsuke, offering a packet to a standing ruffian, Kirare Yosa. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.

The scene is set in a street; the ruffian's body is marked with scars from sword fights and he wears a coarse robe. The old man is carrying clothes inside a large straw hat

Whole-length figures

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 11, 1856.

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Utagawa Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title Poem in the inset above with a bat, letter and basket as illustration

Parody of thirty-six selected verses

Wellcome Collection 35855i