/internal/media/dispatcher/965812/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMale Prostitute (Kagema), from the series Starlight and Frost: Modern Manners (Hoshi ya shimo tôsei fûzoku) (on other prints in the series, Hoshi no shimo tôsei fûzoku)about 1819 (Bunsei 2)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)Iseya Rihei (Kinjudō)Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.4 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.259580According to the Seikado catalogue, the figure can be identified as a male by the tabi (socks) tied at the ankles.
The poem partly visible on the screen is the one associated with the Jewel River of Mount Kôya (Kôya no Tamagawa) in the Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa) set.Prints38.700000000021726101