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Source Description
This print belongs to a series of five depicting the cardinal virtues of Confucianism. In this image, a courtesan demonstrates benevolence by shaving her attendant’s neck. The other virtues are righteousness, decorum, knowledge, and fidelity. A poem at the top reads as follows: "If you would dwell on the path of the heart, / that is kind to others, / then must you not also be someone, / who suppresses even her own name?"
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Document identity
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126689
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Benevolence, from The Five Virtues
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print
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Source metadata
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126689
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print
title
Benevolence, from The Five Virtues
description
This print belongs to a series of five depicting the cardinal virtues of Confucianism. In this image, a courtesan demonstrates benevolence by shaving her attendant’s neck. The other virtues are righteousness, decorum, knowledge, and fidelity. A poem at the top reads as follows: "If you would dwell on the path of the heart, / that is kind to others, / then must you not also be someone, / who suppresses even her own name?"
date
1767
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79906226
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23415
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Print
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1
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import
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Sheet: 27.6 x 20.4 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1949.124
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tec
color woodblock print
tombstone
Benevolence, from The Five Virtues (五常の内 仁), 1767. Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724–1770). Color woodblock print; sheet: 27.6 x 20.4 cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Madeleine Hamill in memory of Lawrence Hamill, 1949.124
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五常の内 仁
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Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Signature: Suzuki Harunobu ga
inscription
If you would dwell on the path of the heart,/
that is kind to others,/
then must you not also be someone,/
who suppresses even her own name?
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Bequest of Mrs. Madeleine Hamill in memory of Lawrence Hamill
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2026-05-29 06:32:06.319000
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126689
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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color woodblock print
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male
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photo
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