Bando Hikosaburo III as Sugawara no Michizane, from the Kabuki play, "Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy" (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami)

Portrait of a man with fair skin. The man is shown from the chest up. He is wearing a black kimono. The man has a white neck lining. The man has a black hairstyle with a topknot. The man has two dots drawn on his forehead. The man has one visible hand holding an object. The object appears to be a rectangular shape made of wood. The man has a string tied around his face. The string is tied to the man's hairstyle. The background color is shades of gray. The image has Japanese characters on the right side.