Amusing pictures for children (1 risultati)

Four delightful amusing pictures for children, two measure 13.4 x 18.6, two 12.2 x 16.6cm, text in traditional Chinese characters. Light even browning and occasional foxing at edges, strengthen with washi at one corner and in one section of a margin, very good copies. In ??? or 'Youthful Pleasures', three model children enjoy giving a performance, the two on each side are playing instruments, the middle one might have a speaking role, dressed as he is in a Confucian style, with glasses and cane. An example for children to emulate. In ??? or 'Tongue Twister', two children are sitting in a garden, a man dressed in a western suit pointing toward them. The caption above is the tongue twister, 'Shan qian you ge yan yuan yan, shan hou you ge yan yan yuan, etc. for children to practice. Another 'Tongue Twister' is composed of a comic strip of four captioned cartoons, featuring a chicken that flies over the garden wall to the Zhang's garden, where it is attacked by a dog, following which, Mrs Zhang pays compensation. The captions are minute, but provide a short rhyming story in the form of a very easy tongue twister. The moral to this tale is that whoever is responsible for loss pays compensation. ????? ?The Mouse Marries a Wife' is a humorous picture of anthromorphised mice in a wedding procession, with sedan chairs, banners and trumpets. The story caption above tells how the mouse married a wife, (although the person in the front sedan chair appears to be human). One of the attendants in the cartoon is carrying a banner stating that the marriage violates the law. …