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  • A samurai standing on the lap of a great, outdoor stone statue of the King of Hell, fighting off a mob of assailants. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1843/1846.
  • Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō V as a samurai at an open-air tea house, holding a pipe with his smoking kit at his side. Colour woodcut by Toyokuni, ca. 1815.
  • Two scenes from a Samurai epic: left, a warrior brandishes his sword while an ethereal woman seeks to restrain (?) him; the severed head of a demon (?) cat lies on the ground; right, two mothers, one holding her child on her shoulder, the other seated on the ground breast-feeding. Woodcuts by Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. 1830 (?).
  • Katō Kiyomasa struggling with a great tiger. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1855.
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  • Japanese funeral customs: the coffin, enclosed in a palanquin lies in the temple. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • A Royal Fusilier standing holding a sword in a domestic setting, ca. 192-. Photograph, 195-.
  • A Royal Fusilier standing holding a sword in a domestic setting, ca. 192-. Photograph, 195-.
  • Japanese funeral customs: the cortège proceeds towards the temple. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Japanese funeral customs: the cortège leaves the dead man's house for the temple. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Japanese funeral customs: the cortège leaves the dead man's house for the temple. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Japanese funeral customs: the cortège leaves the dead man's house for the temple. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Japanese funeral customs: a kneeling, red-robed Buddhist chief priest chants before the picture of a family ancestor. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Japanese funeral customs: two attendants wearing loin-cloths place the body of a dead man in a round wooden vessel while a third prepares to open a large box to receive the body. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).