Twenty-four Japanese examples of branch piety for the Honchôren (series title), The woodcutter Kôsagi is standing by a waterfall, with a gourd and his chopper next to him. The poor lumberjack wanted to provide his parents with rice wine (sake) every day, but one day when he had no money for sake, he filled his gourd with water from the Yôrô waterfall. The gods turned the water into sake because he took such good care of his parents. The first poem: The boy first drinks the water from the waterfall and then offers his parents a cup of spicy rice wine. Second poem: Food for the elderly, but also immortals come here to drink the rice wine from the mist, waterfall, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1820 - 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 203 mm × w 181 mm
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