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Japanese wedding ceremony. A monk presides over the marriage in a shrine to the goddess of virginity while musicians play on gongs and koto harp, and the bride's childish ornaments are burnt on a pyre. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

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Japanese wedding ceremony. A monk presides over the marriage in a shrine to the goddess of virginity while musicians play on gongs and koto harp, and the bride's childish ornaments are burnt on a pyre. Handcoloured illustration and copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842.

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6771 x 4249 px | 82.3 MB

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57.3 x 36.0 cm | 22.6 x 14.2 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANDREA BERNIERI • ANTHROPOLOGY • ASIA • BRIDE • COPPERPLATE • COSTUMES ANTIQUE AND MODERN OF ALL PEOPLES • CUSTOMS • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • ETIQUETTE • GIULIO FERRRARIO • GODDESS • GONGS • HANDCOLOURED • HARP • JAPAN • JAPANESE • KOTO • MANNERS • MARRIAGE • MONK • MUSICIAN • MUSICIANS • NATION • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • PRINT • PYRE • RACE • SHRINE • TEMPERA • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • TOY • TRIBE • VIRGINITY • WEDDING CEREMONY • WEDDING