Enshi disguised in a deer skin

Enshi disguised in a deer skin

Twenty-four paragons of filial piety in China (series title on object)

RP-P-2022-223

Enshi disguised in a deer skin, conversing with a hunter. Enshi needed doe`s milk to cure his parents’ eye disease. He put on a deer skin and hid in the deer herd, but was mistaken for a deer by hunters, who scolded him. However, when they heard his explanation the hunters had only praise. Prints from this series are based on Western examples, some of them which have been traced. This print has a varnish style coating, suggesting an oilpainting.

• printmaker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japan
• publisher: Fushimiya Zenroku (Daikindo), Japan

1848

lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken

height 0 mm x width 0 mm

Purchased with the support of the Goslings NieuwBeerta Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds

purchase 2022-12-22

Public domain

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