This print portrays the legendary warrior-monk Kumagai Rensho with powerful linear force, combining the authority of heroic portraiture with spiritual restraint. Strong contours emphasize his disciplined presence, while minimal background elements focus attention on the figure’s unwavering posture. Hokusai merges martial dignity with Buddhist devotion, presenting a character whose fame rests equally on battlefield valor and later religious transformation, capturing the duality central to medieval warrior lore.