The Actor Onoe Matsusuke and Ōtani Hiroji III as Tamazukuri no Komachi and Hada no Daizen Taketora in Kisoe uta sakae Komachi at the Ichimura Theater

A man playing a koto looks behind angrily at a woman who seems to be gesturing in a haughty manner for him to stop. She is the character Tamatsukuri no Komachi, a beautiful but cruel courtesan similar to the 9th-century aristocratic poet Ono no Komachi 小野小町.

Research has uncovered that this work refers to the play Kisoeuta sakae Komachi performed during the eleventh month of 1762. The figure playing the koto is the kabuki actor Ōtani Hiroji III (1746–1802) in the role of Hada no Taketora. The female character, played by Onoe Matsusuke (1744–1815), is Tamatsukuri no Komachi.