Man with a chrysanthemum sitting in a pine tree

A Chinese man, sitting on the gnarled trunk of a pine tree, holds a chrysanthemum in his right hand. The print refers to the actor Onoe Shoroku I (Matsusuke I). The text is by his adopted son Onoe Kikugorô III (Baikô III). The first words read: This year is the 27th Buddhist memorial day of my deceased father Shôroku. Kikugorô further writes that the commemoration takes place during his temporary stay in Naniwa, i.e., the Osaka-Kyoto region. This refers to his stay from the eleventh month of 1840 to the first month of 1842. To the left of the text is a poem. The chrysanthemum refers to the actor Kikugorô III, who in the Ônishi Theater in the 9th month of 1841 paid special attention to the 27th death anniversary of Shôroku (ref. Kabuki Nenpyô part 6, p. 430).