Twenty-Four Japanese examples or Philial Piety for the Honchôren. A man works with a scythe on the land, while his mother gets a cup of tea under a tree. The title of this print refers to the ten-part historiography on behalf of Emperor Montoku, written from 851 to 879. It counts as one of the six national history issues of Japan. The performance refers to the story about Ono NO Takamura (802-852) that refused to travel to China to a delegation because he could not take care of his parents. As a punishment, he was banned to the island of Oki, but was later forgiven because of his shown wants t
Twenty-Four Japanese examples or Philial Piety for the Honchôren. A man works with a scythe on the land, while his mother gets a cup of tea under a tree. The title of this print refers to the ten-part historiography on behalf of Emperor Montoku, written from 851 to 879. It counts as one of the six national history issues of Japan. The performance refers to the story about Ono NO Takamura (802-852) that refused to travel to China to a delegation because he could not take care of his parents. As a punishment, he was banned to the island of Oki, but was later forgiven because of his shown wants to take care of his parents. With two poems.
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