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Headstone from a Sarcophagus

Unrecorded maker

12th–13th century · Limestone

Side Panel from a Sarcophagus

Unrecorded maker

12th–13th century · Limestone

Paragons of Loyalty and Filial Piety

Wang Shanggong (d. 1599)

1593 · Handscroll; ink on paper

Madame Tang (Tō Fujin), from the series Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Fūryū Yamato Nijūshi kō)

Isoda Koryūsai (d. 1790)

1764–72 (Meiwa era) · Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Woman Digging Bamboo Shoots in the Snow, or Parody of Meng Zong (Mōsō), from Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety

Suzuki Harunobu (d. 1770)

ca. 1765 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Modern Versions of the twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety: Guo Zhu

Isoda Koryūsai (d. 1790)

ca. 1770 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

A Yoshiwara Analogue of the Story of Koko (Huang Xiang) one of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety

Chōkyōsai Eiri (d. 1801)

ca. 1791 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Scenes of Filial Piety

Unrecorded maker

late 18th–early 19th century · Crepe silk with paste-resist dyeing and silk- and gold-thread embroidery

Tang Furen, from the series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (d. 1861)

ca. 1840 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Paragons of Filial Piety (from a set of twenty-four)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (d. 1861)

mid-19th century · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Sketches of East Asian Legendary Figures

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 (d. 1889)

late 19th century · Ink on paper

Kosode with a Paragon of Filial Piety

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Resist-dyed, painted, and embroidered silk crepe