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Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese
Wakasaya Yoichi Japanese
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Filial devotion is shown by Tang Furen (J.: Tō Fujin) breast-feeding her mother, who would otherwise have starved due to her lack of teeth.
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Title: Tang Furen, from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety
Artist:
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Artist:
Wakasaya Yoichi (Japanese, ca. 1794–1897)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: ca. 1840
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Horizontal ōban; Image: 8 7/8 in. × 14 in. (22.5 × 35.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Object Number: JP3332
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