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    Toyohara Chikanobu

    Japan, b.1838, d.1912

    Our country’s 24 examples of filial piety (a kabuki drama scene)

    • Gifted to the Gallery by William E Smith, 2003
    • Woodcut on paper
    • 360 x 715mm
    • 2003/119
    • 1882

    Tags: Japanese (culture or style), actors (performing artists), animals, checker pattern, costume (mode of fashion), dots, dragons, fans (costume accessories), floral patterns, hair, hats, men (male humans), monkeys (animals), mythical or legendary beings, people (agents), performing artists, screens (furniture), swords, theaters (buildings), words

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