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「星や霜当世風俗」（＝星の霜当世風俗） かげま
Male 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)
「星や霜当世風俗」（＝星の霜当世風俗） かげま
Japanese
Edo period
about 1819 (Bunsei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.7 x 26.4 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25958
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Seikado, Kunisada (exh. cat., 1996), #32; the series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-9
DescriptionAccording 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.
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.
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.