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Take-jo - Stories of Wise Women
Kuniyoshi, 1842, Wood cut
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Take-jo - Stories of Wise Women
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Title
Take-jo from the series 'Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives' (Kenjo Reppuden)
Description
Take-jo, the saintly servant girl, is seen sprinkling grains for the birds from a box. The hanging pan behind her head forms a halo. [B. Robinson]
Artist / maker
Kuniyoshi
Date
1842
Size
35.5 x 24.5 cm.
Type
Wood cut
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Art and Design Library
The following information appears on the print:
Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
Censor's Seal: Yoshimura (1842 - 1846)
From a series of 31 prints titled 'Stories of Wise Women and Faithful Wives' ('Kenjo Reppuden')
This is one of a set of 50 prints donated to Edinburgh City Libraries by Marie Ferguson Dyer in honour of her father Henry Dyer. Dyer was a Scottish engineer who became the first Principal of the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo in 1872.
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