Satsuma no Fukuyorime from the Veritable Records of Emperor Montoku (Satsuma no Fukuyorime, Montoku jitsuroku), from "Twenty-four Japanese Paragons of Filial Piety for the Honcho Circle (Honchoren Honcho nijushiko)"

Another [shikishiban](/glossary/shikishiban) [surimono](/glossary/surimono) from the Honchoren Honcho nijushiko, this print depicts Satsuma no Fukuyorime, a filial exemplar drawn from the Montoku jitsuroku, the Veritable Records of Emperor Montoku, one of the Six National Histories of Japan covering the mid-ninth-century reign. Held by the Art Institute of Chicago and dated to around 1821, the print continues Gakutei's project of replacing Chinese filial exemplars with Japanese figures drawn from the most authoritative national chronicles. By choosing a woman, Fukuyorime, the series also makes a quiet statement about female filial virtue, balancing the more familiar male exemplars and broadening the moral vocabulary of the Twenty-four Paragons tradition. The surimono format would have carried kyoka verse alongside the image, allowing Honchoren poets to respond to Fukuyorime's story with the same parodic and contemplative range that defined the kyoka movement. Gakutei's figural drawing is consistent with the rest of the series, with careful costume detail rendered against a softly modulated ground.