Usugumo 薄雲 (No. 19 Wisps of Cloud), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1845 and 1846

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Soma yoshikado (right) reading from a scroll with the earth-spider behind him; uto yasukata seated cross-legged in the foreground with a drawn sword. Poem inscribed above. Date: between 1845 and 1846. Dimensions: Height: 36.80 centimetres Width: 24.50 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Usugumo 薄雲 (No. 19 Wisps of Cloud) (BM 2008,3037.17419)