Nogaku zue

Description On this print, a seated child is at the far right, a priest at his left, next to him, and the mother in the foreground at the center. From the right the inscription reads: Sakura ko (the child), So (priest), hito shonin (sells children), kyojo (mad).

Provenance Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by gift.

Inscriptions [Signature] Kogyo; [Transliteration] Sakura ko, So, hito shonin, kyojo; [Translation] the child, priest, sells children, mad

Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr., 1989