| | Stockno.: | 22-015 | Artist: | Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912) | Description: | No. 1, Shun (舜), from the series Juxtaposed pictures of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety (Nijūshikō Mitate-e Awase二十四孝見立画合).
Published by Hasegawa Tsunejirō on June 1 in 1890.
Laura Allen p. 153 in The Printer's Eye: Ukiyo-e from the Grabhorn Collection:
"The series title Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety refers to a work said to have been composed by the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) Chinese scholar Guo Jujing. The subject of this print is a virtuous young man known as Dashun (or simply Shun), who never deviated from proper respect toward his family despite harsh treatment from his father, his cruel stepmother, and her jealous son. When scolded or beaten, he simply escaped outside, cultivating the family fields alone. Noting his filial devotion, creatures emerged from the nearby mountains to help: in spring elephants came to plow the furrows, and in summer birds flocked to pull weeds. When the emperor heard this tale, he stepped in and guided the young man, until event | Signed: | Yōshū Chikanobu | Size: | Oban tate-e | Condition: | Very good impression, colour and condition. | Price: | Euro 250 SOLD | Reference: | Coats, Chikanobu, pl. 169, p. 154. | | | |
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