Ukiyo-e Skeleton Salaryman Burnout Poster

A dark, highly detailed Japanese ukiyo-e style poster featuring a skeletal salaryman as a grim motivational figure, combining Edo-period woodblock print textures with corporate burnout satire. • Subject: A full-body human skeleton wearing a tattered dark navy-black business suit with frayed sleeves, ripped fabric exposing ribs, ornamental gold trim, and hanging talismans. Torn red necktie ribbons blow to the side. Its skull has hollow black eye sockets and a grinning jaw. In its left hand, it holds a vintage black-and-brass megaphone near its mouth, labeled with a small vertical tag reading 「社畜課」. A vertical chest nametag reads 「終電厳守」. Its right skeletal hand hangs down holding a battered black leather briefcase with metal corners, with a handwritten label reading 「本日も苦労様でした」. A small black cat with glowing yellow eyes peeks from behind the briefcase. • Composition & Setting: Vertical poster on aged parchment paper with weathered stains, ink splatter, distressed print grain, and a thick black outer border. The character stands atop a rocky mound framed by a massive black enso-style ink-brush halo behind the skull. In the lower left background, include stylized ukiyo-e ocean waves, smoke-like clouds, and a distant Mount Fuji. • Typography & Layout: Visual split layout. Occupying the left quarter is a tall rectangular parchment calligraphy panel with fine ornamental borders containing large vertical brush calligraphy: 「[道を選ばずして、何が人生だ。]」. Beneath it in smaller vertical Japanese text: 「武者小路実篤　生きて行く私」, accompanied by two red seal stamps. In the bottom left corner, small off-white serif English text reads: “To live is to choose. To choose is to risk. To risk is to become.” followed by “Saneatsu Mushanokōji” and “Ikiteyuku Watashi”. • Style & Palette: Intricate linework, manga-meets-ukiyo-e woodblock illustration, gritty etching textures, high-contrast shadows. Palette of muted tan, aged parchment, charcoal black, bone white, and deep crimson accents. • Constraints: Exactly 1 skeleton, 1 megaphone, 1 briefcase, 1 black cat, 1 Mount Fuji, 1 ink-brush halo, and 2 red seal stamps.