1. ORB 40/1061
- Reference (shelfmark):
- ORB 40/1061
- Title:
- Kami fumi-e
- Scope & Content:
- A kami fumi-e 紙踏絵, or paper image made to be trampled on, supposedly used in the systemic persecution of Christians stemming from Tokugawa Ieyasu’s 1614 anti-Christian edict. The central image is of a severed head mounted on a cross. The head has curly hair drawn in red ink. Above the image i...
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Date Range:
- 1688-1704
- Extent:
- 1 sheet