Gyoku-kashi Eimo Preparing Calligraphy Offerings

Torii Kiyonaga Japanese

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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.

Gyoku-kashi Eimo Preparing Calligraphy Offerings, Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815), Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan

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