Scorning a Poor but Honest Person (Shôjiki ni shite otoroetaru hito o karoshimuru koto), from the series A Treasury of Admonitions to Young Ladies (Jijo hôkun onna Imagawa)

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Scorning a Poor but Honest Person (Shôjiki ni shite otoroetaru hito o karoshimuru koto), from the series A Treasury of Admonitions to Young Ladies (Jijo hôkun onna Imagawa)

「児女宝訓女今川　一　正直にして衰へたる人を軽しむる事」

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1780 (An'ei 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.1 x 19.3 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5584

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #184-6 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #233.6, pl. 128; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #662, pl. XXXV

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19403, 21.5584

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.