Yae = Zen's wife? Doable.
Yae = Zen's mom? As she is, not even close. I would be happy with even a quarter of his mom's beauty and style. Love her short hair.
I went from being teary-eyed at Zen’ mom photo and the bittersweet lingering feelings of his sentiments (during last page of manga) to being hungry because the next page as translator-san putting in a description of Kenchin Udon