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Yang Xiang (Yō Kō), from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijūshi kō dōji kagami)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting a dramatic scene. A large tiger with yellow and black stripes lunges towards two people on the right side. The person on the left wears a red robe, has dark hair, and appears to be a man. The person on the right is a child wearing a yellow outfit. They are positioned on a cliff's edge with a blue waterfall cascading down. The background features a gray sky with a tree adorned with yellow leaves and Japanese text in the top-right corner and two red seals, one vertical and one oval.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1843
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 382 px
Museum record:
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