This print by Shigemasa (signed "Karan" (花藍)) depicts the famous Japanese calligrapher Ono no Tōfū (also known as Ono no Michikaze) as a young man looking at a frog trying to jump onto a willow tree.

Wikipedia has the full story of the scene in this print: "Michikaze became well known due to his depiction in Hanafuda cards. As the story goes, one day when Michikaze was feeling inadequate about his calligraphy he took a walk outside in the rain. Seeing a frog trying to jump on a willow branch, again and again missing its mark, he thought to himself 'Stupid frog! No matter how many times you try you will never be able to reach the willow'. Upon thinking this, the willow curved in a big breeze allowing the frog to jump onto the willow. Michikaze then realized 'I myself am the stupid one. The frog created this chance with his determination. Up until now I haven't been as diligent as this frog'. This story made him famous during the Edo period and earned him his place on the willow set in Hanafuda cards".

From the numbers on the character's kimono we can guess that this is an egoyomi (絵暦), a privately commissioned calendar to be exchanged between friends around the new year. Because only a handful of publishers were officially allowed to publish calendars, non-authorised designers had to get creative in order to hide the fact that their prints were egoyomi. The numbers in this print (2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10) tell the viewer which were the long months.

The original print was a benizuri-e, but this reproduction has had other colours added to it by the publisher.