Raijin (or Raiden), the god of thunder, receiving medical treatment. Colour woodcut by Kunitoshi, ca. 1884.

  • Kunitoshi, Baiju, 1847-1899.
Date:
1883]
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564641i
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Raijin (or Raiden), the god of thunder, receiving medical treatment. Colour woodcut by Kunitoshi, ca. 1884. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Depictions include: bottom left: a patient carried on a stretcher; centre: a patient covered in dressings applying a tourniquet to his own arm; bottom right: a doctor feels the patient's pulse

Above is a scroll depicting Raijin in the sky amid lightning and rain; above left is a figure dressed apparently in the uniform of the French Foreign Legion

Publication/Creation

[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1883]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut printed in colours, laid down on paper ; image 17.6 x 25.8 cm

Lettering

Extensive lettering in Japanese

Reference

Wellcome Collection 564641i

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