Seta, from an untitled series of Eight Views of Ômi (Ômi hakkei)

近江八景　勢田

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maru-Tsuru (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1825 (Bunsei 8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.8 cm (14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent

Accession Number50.2339

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ushiyama, Kunisada hyakusen gashû, zokuhen (1928), #55; the series: Schaap, Kunisada (exh. cat., 2016), checklist 1-55

DescriptionUshiyama identifies the figure as a kagema, a cross-dressed male prostitute.

Signed Ôju Kunisada ga
応需国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極