

The image depicts a traditional Japanese scene. A woman stands in the center wearing a long orange and white kimono with a yellow obi, her hair styled in an updo with a black and gold hairpiece. She looks down at a seated woman and man to her right. The seated woman wears an orange kimono and sits cross-legged, while the man beside her wears a gray kimono with white polka dots and sits with his legs tucked under him. A third woman stands on the left, wearing a brown kimono and holding a tray. A fourth woman sits on the floor in front of the central figure, wearing a multicolored kimono. In the background, a sliding door with a grid pattern and a pillar with Japanese writing are visible. A small table with a pot and a bowl on it sits in the foreground. The artwork is titled "Forgetting Filial Piety" and is by Torii Kiyonaga.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1781
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 483 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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