玉花子栄茂図|Gyoku-kashi Eimo Preparing Calligraphy Offerings

Torii Kiyonaga

ca. 1782 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

A resident of Koji machi (Koji Street), nine-year-old Gyoku-kashi Eimo is pictured making one thousand writings to present to Sensō ji Temple in Asakusa, to show earnestness in her effort to acquire skill as a calligrapher. Her mother looks on, and her teenage sister, Gyoku-kasen, brings ornamental cakes on a lacquer stand.

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Date

ca. 1782

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914