Actors in role: a young lover/rebel Shirai Gompachi reading a love letter while being led along by a courtesan's child attendant. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1856.

The girl wears the ornate robes and hair ornaments that are typical of high ranking courtesan child attendants

A night scene with a lantern to the left by a willow tree; a view of Edo rooftops in the light of a full moon partly obscured by a cloud band

The love letter is written on embossed paper

Whole-length figures

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

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Ichiyōsai Toyokuni-ga Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal, actor's role and set title Poem in the inset above with a paddle and shuttlecock as illustration

Parody of thirty-six selected verses

Wellcome Collection 35859i