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Subject:Re: help understand text in kobayashi print
Posted By: I.Nagy Sat, Sep 21, 2024
Title cartouche,
教育いろは談語
Kyōiku iroha tango - Educational Iroha Discourse
Caption on the left,
そ ”So"
惣領の甚六 Sōryō no jinroku - First born, least clever
骨皮道人 Koppi Dōjin (Writer of caption)
Signature （Right fringe）、
清親 Kiyochika
Summary of the text,
A guest entertained on the upper floor of he house, told the host that he had a daughter, however he wanted a boy. The host consoled him by saying that he wanted a girl. This conversation was overheard downstairs by the host's 18-year-old first born son, who had taken the ladder leading upstairs.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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( China & Japan ) - francis minvielle - Sep 20, 2024 (09:48 AM) 