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.
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