Catalog record · 目録番号 106853

Seppuku Suicide

Artist / 作者: Tomioka Eisen富岡永洗
Date / 年代: 1900-1919
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 1349 × 1000 px
Published by / 公開者: 紫藤メイ

Catalog note / 解説

It looks like the grandmother/mother-in-law is either consoling or ask the wife of the dead officer to control herself. They have obviously just received the death message of the husband.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · Ca. 1900 - 1910s. · artelino

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