Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | Three woodblock prints from the series A Child's Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushi ko doji kagami) | Edo period, 19th century
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
Three woodblock prints from the series A Child's Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushi ko doji kagami)
Edo period, 19th century
each a woodblock print, from the series A Child's Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushi ko doji kagami), each signed Ichuyusai Kuniyoshi ga (Pictured by Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi), published by Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindo), circa 1843; each with collector's seal of Gerhard Pulverer to verso, and comprising:
- Meng Zong (Moso)
- Master Zeng (Soshin)
- Lu Ji (Rikuseki)
Horizontal oban:
25.4 x 38 cm., 10 x 15 in. (the first)
25.1 x 37.1 cm., 9⅞ x 14⅝ in. (the second)
22.8 x 36 cm., 9 x 14⅛ in. (the third)
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Trois estampes de la série Le Miroir des enfants des vingt-quatre exemples de piété filiale, époque Edo, XIXe siècle
Henri Vever (1854-1942) (the second)
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906) (the third)
Gerhard Pulverer (b. 1930)
Another impression of the first print depicting Moso is in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1934,1013,0.31.
A similar impression of the second print depicting Soshin is in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1934,1013,0.30.
A similar impression of the third print depicting Rikuseki is in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1934,1013,0.35.