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Artistic Japan : illustrations and essays (1881)

Bing, Siegfried, 1838-1905 · London : S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington · leaf 155

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elves, atthe moment that mental power ceased, a friend, standing behind, cut off his head. Count C. de Montblanc in 1865 thur.concisely described it—I quote his ownwords : In Japan, the man who deservesdeath, and dies by his own hand, is preservedfrom the shame entailed by his crime. Inbravely… … Episode in a Siege, afterHokusai.

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