Zen-no-jo, a filial child from Shinano province

Categories: Twenty-Four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan (Kōkoku kaika kyōga meishō)

Number
#24

Date
1887/9

Title (Kanji)
信濃国の孝子善之丞

Title (Rōmaji)
Shinano (no) kuni no kōshi Zen-no-jō

Description
In a mirror, he is shown by Enma the demon king of the underword) his father’s crimes in a former life

Additional information

Year Published	1887
Size	Ōban
Signed	Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi hitsu
Seals	Taiso, Yoshitoshi
Subjects	Demon/Yōkai, Ghost/spirit, Men, Mythology, Writing/text
Editions	First, Second
Publisher	Matsuki Heikichi, Tsuda Genshichi
Block Carvers	Unknown

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