Picture Book of The Kōkyō [Ch. Xiao Qing], Canon of Filial Piety (Ehon kōkyō) : [volume 2]
A volume from Katsushika Hokusai's illustrated edition of the Confucian Classic of Filial Piety, printed in Edo in 1850 by the publisher Suharaya Shinbei with distributors in Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka, aimed at a general readership learning moral lessons. The pictures are black-and-white woodblock double-page spreads with calligraphic text columns beside small, loosely drawn figures in interiors, landscapes and dramatic scenes; a designer might borrow their economical line work, open negative space and the way action is framed in panels.
![Picture 1 of 4 from Picture Book of The Kōkyō [Ch. Xiao Qing], Canon of Filial Piety (Ehon kōkyō) : [volume 2] (1850), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19035-7-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 4 from Picture Book of The Kōkyō [Ch. Xiao Qing], Canon of Filial Piety (Ehon kōkyō) : [volume 2] (1850), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19035-11-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 4 from Picture Book of The Kōkyō [Ch. Xiao Qing], Canon of Filial Piety (Ehon kōkyō) : [volume 2] (1850), leaf 20](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19035-20-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 4 from Picture Book of The Kōkyō [Ch. Xiao Qing], Canon of Filial Piety (Ehon kōkyō) : [volume 2] (1850), leaf 22](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19035-22-1.webp)