The executioner

Behold the Lord High Executioner

Criminal kneeling over his own grave - Japanese executioner beheading a condemned Chinese, Tientsin, China

Sansho the bailiff

The death of Kusunoki Masatsura

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

Kusozu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body

[The dead march again.]

The Kin-der-Kids: Japansky Surprises the Governor General who Condemns him to Death from The Chicago Sunday Tribune

Canton, the garden of the dead

Kuronushi from the series The New Six Immortal Poets

Death of the Buddha

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

The Poet Sojo Henjo, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

The Death of Buddha

The Hundred Poets, "Saigyo Hoshi"

The Executioner with the Head of St. John the Baptist

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)

The Poet Otomo no Kuronushi, from the series Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)