A man with filarial elephantiasis, being helped to carry his enlarged scrotum supported with a sling, approaches a temple; two women are shocked at the sight. Coloured woodcut after Hokusai by Hiroshige II, 1859.

  • Utagawa, Hiroshige, 1826-1869.
Date:
1859]
Reference:
565517i
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[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1859]

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colours ; image and border 33.5 x 22.2 cm

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Lettering in Japanese

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Wellcome Collection 565517i

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