Utagawa Kunisada Kochoro Toyokuni III, woodblock print, Japan.
Hyō-nen-zu, 'catching a catfish with a gourd'. Image 35x25 cm.
Cropped.
The motif is lended from Taikō Josetsus' painting Hyōnen-zu. The frase is a retorical riddle asked by shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimochi.