An iron cauldron and the moon at night - Kofuna no Gengo and Kōshi Hanzō, from the series One hundred aspects of the moon

Kofuna no Gengo and Kōshi Hanzō are two small-time, not-very-smart crooks, who plot to steal an enormous iron cauldron on a full moon night. As the pot is huge and heavy, they plan to break it into pieces with a mallet and a handsaw. The exaggerated long limbs and physiognomies of the two figures are reminiscent of the caricature sketches – 'manga' – by the noted woodblock print master Katsushika Hokusai. They also continue an illustrative tradition begun by the 12th-century Abbot Toba of Kozan temple who is famous for his scrolls featuring caricatures of animals and people.