The pose ("mie" in Japanese) here has two variations - stepping on and breaking the stand holding the sword by Danjuro, and looking into the curtain with his foot on a parapet on a mezzanine by Danzo.
三方を踏み砕き刀を担ぐ（團十郎）と中二階で欄干に足を掛け揚幕を見込む（團蔵）との二通りの見得がある。