- Kyōkun Oya no Megane: Zoku ni iu Gutarabei (A So-Called Idle Girl, From the Series A Parent's Moralising Spectacles) - Kyoto Built in 1614

Built in 1614

Paper size: 22 and 1/2 x 15 inches (57 x 38 cm)

are renowned for their unusual shapes and formation

Tokuriki masterfully evokes the serene and timeless atmosphere of this revered moon-viewing spot—an ideal setting where successive emperors are said to have contemplated the autumn moon

- Kyōkun Oya no Megane: Zoku ni iu Gutarabei (A So-Called Idle Girl, From the Series A Parent's Moralising Spectacles) - Kyoto Built in 1614The exquisite woodblock print 'Zoku ni iu Gutarabei' (A So Called Idle Girl) is by the master Kitagawa Utamaro (17531806), from the series 'Kykun Oya no Megane' (A Parents Moralizing Spectacles). The print depicts a young womanresembling a town girlwhose attire is reasonably tidy, yet whose posture and expression convey an unmistakable air of slovenliness and listlessness. A didactic inscription appears in the upper section of the image. While