A Christian man being burned at the stake in Japan; a crowd watching. Wood engraving by J. Gauchard after A. Feyen-Perrin.

  • Feyen-Perrin, François-Nicolas-Augustin, 1826-1888.
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[1866]
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579936i
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A Christian man being burned at the stake in Japan; a crowd watching. Wood engraving by J. Gauchard after A. Feyen-Perrin. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"… [O]n affiche un édit du siogoun par lequel celui-ci ordonne, au nom et comme lieutenant du mikado, la suppression du christianisme dans un délai de six mois, en prescrivant, comme mesures d'exécution, que les missionnaires étrangers soient bannis à perpétuité) sous peine de mort … On varia les supplices.On alluma des bûchers, comme l'Inquisition portugaise le faisait à Goa. La crucifixion aussi fut la part d'un grand nombre de victimes. …"—Humbert, loc. cit.

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[Paris] : [L. Hachette], [1866]

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1 print : wood engraving ; image 11.7 x 15.8 cm

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A. Feyen-Perrin. Gauchard

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Wellcome Collection 579936i

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