Cleveland Museum of Art
Righteousness, from The Five Virtues
Suzuki Harunobu
- Date
- 1767
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Two young male courtesans enjoy reading in their quarters by candlelight. One holds an illustrated book recognizable as the drawing manual Illustrated Book of the Treasure-Bag of Sketches (絵本写宝袋), published in 1720 by Tachibana Morikuni (1679–1748). The poem at the top translates as follows: In all things to be humble, discern the path of reason, and abstain from falsehood. This is what we call righteousness. The artist's signature is on the door painted with a mandarin drake in a snowy scene.
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