People in Nagasaki trampling on Christian cult images. Etching, ca. 1789.
- Date:
- 1789
- Reference:
- 30382i
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The process of yefumi, in which Japanese suspected of being Christians under the Tokugawa Shogunate were required to trample on images of the Holy Cross and the Virgin Mary
Publication/Creation
London (at the King's Arms No. 6 Paternoster Row.) : Alex[ande]r Hogg
Physical description
1 print : etching ; platemark 29 x 18.8 cm
Lettering
Ceremony of treading on the Crucifix; and other images, at the beginning of the year, in Nagasaki, the imperial city of Japan.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 30382i
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