The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV Seated in an Outer Room

The image depicts a man sitting on a floor in a traditional Japanese setting. He has dark hair and wears a yellow robe with a black and white pattern and a black robe underneath. A black and white checkered fabric is draped around his lower body. The man sits on a tatami mat with his right leg tucked under his body and his left leg bent in front of him. His left arm rests on his knee, and he appears to hold a pipe in his right hand. The man sits in a room with sliding doors made of paper or thin wood. A low table or platform in front of him holds three rectangular objects, possibly incense boxes or small containers. A branch with no leaves extends from the upper-left corner of the image. The artist's signature appears at the bottom right. The background features beige walls with darker lines representing the sliding doors.