Moral Lessons through Pictures of Good and Evil

教訓善悪圖解

This is a series of caricatures drawn by Yoshitoshi that illlustrate lessons in morality . There were originally issued as paired chūban prints which are, these days, commonly found separate. The chūban pairs illustrate a "good" example of behavior, followed by a "bad" example. It is interesting that many of these examples are still quite valid in our society today. This is one of a number of large chūban series that Yoshitoshi created in this timeframe. The small figures with the globe heads dancing around these prints represent good and evil, and are often seen in ukiyoe prints.

	Roger. S. Keyes, "Courage and Silence: A Study of the Life and
		Color Woodblock Prints of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 1839-1892",
		Cinncinnati, 1982