3 prints from the series "Honchôren honcho nijûshikô" [Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honchô Circle].

1. Ono no Takamura, Montoku jitsuroku ["The Tale of Ono no Takamura from An Official Account of the Montoku Era"]. Hoshô paper, ink, colour, silver pigments on kimono, clouds and hoe tool, 25 x 18,1 cm. - 2. Yôrô kôshi jikkinshô ["The filial son at Yôrô Waterfall, from the Jikkinshô"]. Hoshô paper, 21 x 18,6 cm (on verso traces of glue and doubling paper). - 3. Nibu Hiroyoshi Sandai jitsuroku ["Nibu Hiroyoshi from Veritable record of three reigns"]. C. 1820. 19,8 x 18 cm, signature: Gakutei, artist's seal: Sadaoka (paper underlaid, silver pigments sl. visible on cloud and hoe tool, greyish surface). Signature: Gakutei, artists seal Sadaoka.
Honchô was the name of a district in Edo where this work was commissioned. The story of Kosagi, a poor woodcutter (3), brought his father wine each day (1). One day he had no money left so he took water from a waterfall (2). The gods turned the water into wine. His story is told in Sandai jitsuroku, "True Chronicles of Three Reigns".
Ref. Keyes, R. - The Art of Surimono, Sotheby, 1985, pp. 77 & 79. - MFA 11.19863. - Harvard Art Museum 1933. 4.1651, 1933.4.1661. - Art Institute Chicago 1971.832.