The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II as Ashikaga Motouji Disguised as Katagiri Yashichi in the Play Oyoroi Ebido Shinozuka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772 by Katsukawa Shunsho, c. 1772, depicting a kabuki actor in elaborate costume holding a falcon, standing on a wooden stage

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