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A Japanese man heating his sword before using it to torture or kill a man tied to wooden staves. Colour process print after a woodcut (?).
Wellcome Collection

A Japanese man heating his sword before using it to torture or kill a man tied to wooden staves. Colour process print after a woodcut (?).

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: From an original Japanese drawing obtained in Simoda. Bears printed characters in Japanese.

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