Fubo no on wo shiru zu, c. 1880
Item
Title
Fubo no on wo shiru zu, c. 1880
Date
1880
Description
Realize One’s Parental Love
Utagawa Yoshitora
Dates unknown
This section of the tryptic represents months 4-6. Within hanakkotoba, the camellia was very popular with nobles of the Edo Period. The red camellia symbolized a noble death among the samurai. The woman on the top left may be holding a red camellia.
Utagawa Yoshitora
Dates unknown
This section of the tryptic represents months 4-6. Within hanakkotoba, the camellia was very popular with nobles of the Edo Period. The red camellia symbolized a noble death among the samurai. The woman on the top left may be holding a red camellia.
Identifier
5.2.03.4
Rights
From the McGoogan Health Sciences Library Rare Book Collection