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Suketoki of Yanato Visiting His Parents Who Return to Him as Butterflies

Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Title Suketoki of Yanato Visiting His Parents Who Return to Him as Butterflies
Series Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country
Date C. 1842–1843
Medium Color woodblock print on paper
Dimensions Image: 10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.7 × 18.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.7 × 18.7 cm)
Credit Line Gift in memory of Francine Hurwitz (1938–2019), from Thomas and Marsha French, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 2019.46

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Publisher Mura-Tetsu
Censor Muramatsu
Series Title Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety of Our Country
Foreign Language Series Title Honcho nijushi-ko

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