Twenty-four Japanese examples of filial piety for the Honors (series title), Three men are sitting on the floor in front of a gentleman on a cushion. A clerk is holding a tray with a letter on it. Hôjô Yasutoki (1183-1242) was an advisor for the Kamakura government (bakufu). Here he receives a tribute from Minamoto no Sanetomo (on the pillow) for his obedience to his parents. the book the Mirror of the East (Azama kagami) was compiled in the late Kamakura period (1249-1382). With two poems., Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, 1820 - 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 204 mm × w 182 mm,
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