Bandō Hikosaburō III in the Role of Sugawara no Michizane

The image depicts a Japanese man wearing a green robe with yellow flowers and an orange undergarment. He has black hair pulled back into a small bun at the top of his head. The man is shown from the waist down, standing with his body facing left and his head turned to look in the same direction. His left hand holds a white object. The man wears a long green robe with large yellow flowers and an orange lining visible at the sleeves and hem. Underneath, he has an orange garment with a white and black striped collar. A checkered beige and white garment is partially visible under the robe. The background of the image is a mottled gray-brown color, with some darker shading around the edges. There are several lines of Japanese text written vertically on the right side of the image.