Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Title: Zeng Shen (So Shin)
Series: The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China; Morokoshi nijûshi ko
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô)
Date: ca. 1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1)
Signed: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
Format: Vertical chûban; 10" x 7 "
Condition: Excellent impression, color, and condition. Full margins.
Comment: The entire image is waxed to simulate a Western oil painting with a varnished surface. First edition.
Kuniyoshi - Zeng Shen (So Shin)
Zeng Shen (505–435 BC), better known as Zengzi (Master Zeng), was a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius.[1] He later taught Zisi (Kong Ji), the grandson of Confucius, who was, in turn, the teacher of Mencius, thus beginning a line of transmitters of orthodox Confucian traditions.[1] He is revered as one of the Four Sages of Confucianism.[2]
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