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

Lin, Good Day.png

Citation

林之助 (Lin Chih-Chu), “Good Day,” Japanese Art in the 20th century - Empire, War, Occupation, accessed May 23, 2026, https://www.empire-war-occupation-20thcent-japaneseart.artinterp.org/items/show/42.