The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Man Ready to Wade into the Sea with a Drawn Sword

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man standing on a beach, wearing a red and white checkered top, a yellow and brown striped cloth wrapped around his waist, and a red cloth hanging from his waist. He has a sword at his side and is holding his right arm outstretched toward the water. His left arm is bent at the elbow and appears to be holding something. The man is barefoot and has a headband on. He is standing on a yellow sandy beach with a body of water behind him. The water is gray and has small waves. The background is a gray sky. The artist's signature is in the bottom-left corner. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of red, yellow, brown, gray, and beige.