The Actor Iwai Hanshiro as a Courtesan Reading a Love Letter while Mounted on a Black Ox

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man dressed as a woman, sitting astride a black ox, reading a letter. The man wears a kimono with a floral pattern in shades of orange, green, and yellow. His hair is styled in a traditional Japanese updo with ornaments. He holds a letter in his hands. The black ox is positioned below him, facing to the right, with its head down. A flowering tree branch extends from behind the man to the upper left corner. There is Japanese text written vertically on the left side and horizontally at the bottom of the image. The background of the print is a light beige color.