（教導立志基）

The title Kyōdō Risshi no Motoi—Foundation of Guidance and Aspiration—identifies this print as part of a didactic series produced in the early Meiji period, when woodblock publishers commissioned morality prints promoting the new government's values of self-improvement, education, and social advancement. These series, often depicting Meiji exemplars or Western-inspired allegorical figures, served a propagandistic and educational function during Japan's rapid transformation in the 1870s. Kiyochika contributed to several such projects, applying his characteristic figure style and lighting to subjects determined by the publisher rather than his own artistic preference. The composition likely depicts a historical or contemporary figure in a setting that emphasizes learning, civic virtue, or industry. These prints are less atmospheric than his landscape kōsen-ga but reflect the full commercial range of Meiji woodblock production.