「教導立志基」 「三十四」「越前少将」

Number thirty-four in the 教導立志基 (Kyōdō Risshi Ki) series, this print is identified by the court title Echizen Shōshō (越前少将, Middle Captain of Echizen Province), a designation used in classical Japan for a nobleman holding both a provincial governorship and a capital court rank. The title format suggests the subject is identified through their official role rather than personal name, a convention common in educational series that drew on figures from the Heian and Kamakura courts. Kiyochika's depiction would place the figure in court dress appropriate to their period, rendered with the historical costume specificity he brought to educational illustration work. The setting — possibly a court interior or garden — would establish the aristocratic context while the instructional text accompanying the print would name the virtue this figure exemplified for Meiji-era readers.