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Classical painting hashtag highlights Japanese mothers’ daily frustrations

By transforming highbrow art into snapshots of the mundane, the moms of Twitter are giving everyone a taste of what it's like to have a 24-hour job. | GETTY IMAGES

By transforming highbrow art into snapshots of the mundane, the moms of Twitter are giving everyone a taste of what it's like to have a 24-hour job. | GETTY IMAGES

By Alisa Yamasaki
Contributing Writer

May 12, 2018

As we celebrate Mother’s Day on May 13, a hashtag highlighting the daily struggles of mothers in Japan is going viral on Twitter.

The hashtag — #名画で学ぶ主婦業 (“meiga de manabu shufugyō” or “learn about homemakers through classical paintings”) — uses classical paintings to reflect the frustrations that our mothers face.

VIA TWITTER

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