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What is the story behind yoji as a monkey trainer?

According to the inscription, Yoji was a youth who worked as a monkey performer during the day to earn money to care for his sick mother, and he cared for her sleeplessly at night as well.He also put small stones in his wallet to reassure his mother and jingled them as if they were coins.

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I.Nagy

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Koshi Yoji 孝子与次 (The Dutiful Child Yoji) / Honcho nijushi-ko 本朝廿四考 (Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock print, chuban tate-e. The youth Yoji working as a monkey-trainer to earn money to aid his sick mother, watched by a child.

Cheers,
Stan

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The print is: Koshi Yoji 孝子与次 (The Dutiful Child Yoji) from the series Honcho nijushi-ko 本朝廿四考 (Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country).

The youth Yoji, working as a monkey trainer to earn money to care for his sick mother, is watched by a child.

Cheers,
Stan

Thanks

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