File:Dong Yong (Tō Ei).jpg

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English: Inscription: Dong Yong. Too poor to be able to bury his father, he sold himself. On his way home from the burial he met a beautiful woman on the street. Following her instructions he went home with her and in the course of a month she wove two hundred bolts of silk to repay [Dong Yong’s] debt to his master and after, she flew up to the heavens from where she had been sent to help Dong Yong because of his filial heart.

Dimensions: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. (image) 9 13/16 x 14 3/8 in. (sheet)

Accession number 17.144
Date circa 1840
date QS:P,+1840-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://www.imamuseum.org/collections/artwork/mirror-24-paragons-filial-piety-utagawa-kuniyoshi
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi  (1798–1861)  wikidata:Q317736
 
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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Ichiyusai
Description Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death 1 January 1798 Edit this at Wikidata 14 April 1861 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nihonbashi Edit this at Wikidata Edo, today Tokyo
Work period 1814 Edit this at Wikidata
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Edo, today Tokyo
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creator QS:P170,Q317736

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