Killing a Mosquito from Starfrost: Customs of the Present Time
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
(Japanese, 1786–1864)
Dateabout 1818–1820
Mediummulticolored woodblock print
Dimensions35.5 x 24.3 cm (14 x 9 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.521
DescriptionA woman on her knees in her bed under the kaya (mosquito-net canopy) is killing a mosquito by burning it with flame from a koyori (paper spill). Lying at the edge of the bed (rug serves at a bed on warm nights) is a round fan decorated with a portrait of an actor in the role of the otokodate Sukeroku.On View
Not on viewCollections
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡 芳年
September 18, 1888