This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.

Vertical ōban woodblock. Number 9 of the 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road series features a portrait of the kabuki actor Iwai Hanshirō VII 七代目岩井半四郎 in the role of Ōiso no Tora 大磯のとら , a courtesan from a play based on the Soga Monogatari 曽我物語.