In this reimagining of Tōshūsai Sharaku’s iconic kabuki portrait, the contorted face of the villainous actor is replaced by an amphibious mask: Pepe, transformed into an yakusha of the Edo era. As in the original print, the dramatic tension lies entirely in the clawed hands, the bulging eyes, the mouth distorted by emotion, exaggerations Sharaku used to reveal the psychological core of the role beyond theatrical realism. Pepe’s presence, however, introduces a second layer of meaning: the caricature becomes doubled. On the one hand, it faithfully mirrors the visual grammar of ukiyo-e, bold outlines, flat colors, aged paper texture, while on the other it reframes the kabuki gesture as a timeless cultural meme, capable of migrating from eighteenth-century iconography into contemporary digital culture. The result is a visual paradox: an actor portraying a villain portraying a meme, a continuous short-circuit between tradition and postmodern irony.