The play Kikyō no Hataage tells an embellished version of a sixteenth-century political coup by the vassal Akechi Mitsuhide against Oda Nobunaga, a powerful general. This print by the modern ukiyo-e artist Tsuruya Kōkei shows an actor in the role of Satsuki, Mitsuhide’s wife. In 1978, Kōkei began working with Japan’s leading theater and film production company, Shōchiku, to create ukiyo-e prints to be sold during the intermissions at Kabuki-za, Shōchiku’s theater in downtown Tokyo. Over the next twenty-two years, Kōkei made 146 different prints for this project. His prints evoke the work of Tōshūsai Sharaku, a mysterious late eighteenth-century ukiyo-e artist who is known for depicting actors and exaggerating their facial features rather than portraying idealized versions of the characters. This print shows the actor Sawamura Tanosuke VI, clearly recognizable by his wide nose.