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Maker(s):Torii Kiyonaga
Culture:Japanese (1737-1766)
Title:Child Prodigy Minamoto Shigeyuki Executing Calligraphy
Date Made:ca. 1783 (Tenmei 3)
Type:Print
Materials:Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 20 in x 16 1/16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.8 cm; Mount: 20 in x 16 1/16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.8 cm; Sheet/Image: 15 3/16 in x 10 3/16 in; 38.6 cm x 25.9 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Kiyonaga ga]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [mountain shape with a roundel beneath]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Eiju han].
Accession Number:  MH 1973.311.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Vertical image of an interior space of a boy (the six-year-old prodigy Minamoto Shigeyuki from Kofu Province in Edo) executing calligraphy on the floor, while a woman kneeling next to him observing the practice and a man standing behind holding to one of a pair of calligraphy scrolls. A black cabinet in the back with brushes and a green panel on it. Three large brushes hanging in the top right corner. Print published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo).

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writing

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