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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    Licence: Public Domain Mark

    Credit: 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. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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