Tang Furen, from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840

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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. ( x 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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