Tang Furen, from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1840, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Oban yoko-e; 8 7/8 x 14 in. (22.5 x 35.6 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Wakasaya Yoichi (Japanese, ca. 1794–1897), 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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Tang Furen, series Twenty-four Paragons, Filial Piety, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1840, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, Oban yoko-e, 8 7/8 x 14, 22.5 35.6 cm, Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Japanese, 1797–1861, Wakasaya Yoichi, ca., 1794–1897, devotion, shown, J, Tō Fujin, breast-feeding, mother, otherwise, starved due, lack, teeth
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