Japanese Education Iconography - Gallery
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Figure 1: Court Lady Reading
Court Lady Reading by brazier, from the Untitled series of women in interiors and landscapes
Toshikata, Mizuno
Classical | 1900 | 30 x 21 cm plus Margins
Elvehjem Museum of Art -
Figure 2: Boy sleeping at his lesson
Untitled series of illustrations of verse about seasonal flowers
Harunobu, Suzuki
Calligraphy | 1760s | 28 x 21 cm
Elvehjem Museum of Art -
Figure 3: Gyokashi Teaching Reading
The young calligrapher Gyokashi Eimo giving a reading lesson
Kiyonaga, Tori
Teaching | 1785 | 37 x 25 cm
Elvehjem Museum of Art -
Figure 4: Hojo Tokiyori
Hojo Tokiyori reading by lamplight
Twenty-four generals for the Katsushika group
Yashima, Gakutei
Classical | 1820's | 20 x 18 cm
Elvehjem Museum of Art -
Figure 5: Mother and Daughter
Mother teaching daughter to read
Unidentified
Teaching | 1740s | 21 x 16 cm Book page
Elvehjem Museum of Art -
Figure 6: Yosh Fenching Lesson
Yoshitsune learning the martial arts on mount Kurama Shanao
Yoshitoshi, Taiso
Classical | 1886 | 37 x 26 cm Diptych
Robert Schaap, The Netherlands -
Figure 7: BookPage
Iraho Syllabary
The iraho syllabary taught children
Unidentified (Kyoto)
Calligraphy | 1775 | 21 x 16 cm Book page
British Library -
Figure 8: Calligraphy Lesson
The knowledge: One of the "Five Cardinal Virtues"
Harunobu, Suzuki
Calligraphy | 1767 | 26 x 19 cm
Art Institute of Chicago -
Figure 9: House of Shigemasa
The courtesans Senzan, Chozan and Toyoharu of the Choji Establishment.
A mirror for the forms of beautiful woman
Shigemasa and Shunsho
Scholarship | 1776 | 30 x 23 cm Book page
Elvehjem Museum of Art -
Figure 10: Yoshitori Teaching
Yoshitori giving painting lessons, From the Yodo shogei kyoso (Instruction for Children in the Accomplishments)
Kuniyoshi, Utagawa
Teaching | 1840s | 21 x 16 cm Book page
Victoria and Albert Museum