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Forgetting Filial Piety

Torii Kiyonaga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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
Museum record:
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