Good Day
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Title
Good Day
Subject
好日
Description
The artist painted his own wife and daughter in this painting. It conveys the ideological theme of "good wife, wise mother (良妻賢母, Ryōsai Kenbo), which was propagated across Japan and its colonies from the 19th to 20th century.
Creator
林之助 (Lin Chih-Chu)
Date
Shōwa 18 (1943)
Format
165 x 135 cm
Type
Pigments on Paper
Files
Collection
Citation
林之助 (Lin Chih-Chu), “Good Day,” Japanese Art in the 20th century - Empire, War, Occupation, accessed May 23, 2026, https://empire-war-occupation-20thcent-japaneseart.artinterp.org/items/show/42.