This print depicts actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IX as Hanakawado Agemaki's Sukeroku, with an unknown actor as Ikyû in the play Sukeroku. The image is based on this ukiyo-e, the thirteenth print of the "The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays" (Kabuki jûhachiban) series published by Hasegawa Sumi in the Meiji period.