Righteousness, from The Five Virtues
1767
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Dimensions
- 36.6 × 21.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-195216
Two young male courtesans enjoy reading in their quarters by candlelight. One holds an illustrated book recognizable as the drawing manual Illustrated Book of the Treasure-Bag of Sketches (絵本写宝袋), published in 1720 by Tachibana Morikuni (1679–1748). The poem at the top translates as follows: In all things to be humble, discern the path of reason, and abstain from falsehood. This is what we call righteousness.
Provenance
Kelvin Smith, 1985.307
Registry history
- 1767 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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