Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861) | Yang Xiang (Yoko) | Edo period, 19th century
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Yang Xiang (Yoko)
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, from the series A Child’s Mirror of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Nijushi ko doji kagami), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, published by Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindo), circa 1843
Horizontal oban: 24.6 x 36.3 cm., 9¾ x 14¼ in.
In this dramatic scene depicting of one of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety, an enormous tiger is about to leap across a raging river to attack Yoko and his elderly father. However, Yoko puts himself between the tiger and his father, begging the tiger to attack him and spare his father. The tiger recognises the boy’s self-sacrifice and spares them both.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 1934,1013,0.40, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1934-1013-0-40