Tenarai 手習 (No. 53 Writing Practice), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1845 and 1846

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Matsuo-maru holding his sheathed sword under the chin of a kneeling boy with genba in red makeup behind him. Poem inscribed above. Date: between 1845 and 1846. Dimensions: Height: 36.80 centimetres Width: 24.40 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Tenarai 手習 (No. 53 Writing Practice) (BM 2008,3037.17453)