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Yang Xiang (Yōkō) Protecting His Father from the Tiger, from the series A Mirror for Children of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety
Yang Xiang (Yōkō) Protecting His Father from the Tiger, from the series A Mirror for Children of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety

Yang Xiang (Yōkō) Protecting His Father from the Tiger, from the series A Mirror for Children of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety

Artist/Maker (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher
Dateca. 1840
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsHorizontal ōban; overall: 10 × 14 1/2 in. (25.4 × 36.8 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
PortfolioA Mirror for Children of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushiko doji kagami)
Object number1950.561
Status
Not on view
ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Visions of Turmoil and Tranquility: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 17, 2005 - December 23, 2005 )
Envisioning Edo's Splendor: The Floating World and Beyond
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2009 - July 19, 2009 )
A Life in Prints: Mary A. Ainsworth and the Floating World
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2015 - June 7, 2015 )
Collections
  • Asian
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ca. 1840
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ca. 1840
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ca. 1840
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ca. 1840
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1843–44
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ca. 1840
Wu Meng (Gomō) Fetching Braziers to Keep Mosquitoes from Biting His Father, from the series A Mirror for Children of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety
Wu Meng (Gomō) Fetching Braziers to Keep Mosquitoes from Biting His Father, from the series A Mirror for Children of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety
ca. 1840
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ca. 1840
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ca. 1840
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