The Hara Kiri scene from the Japanese play of Chiushingura

The Hara Kiri scene from the Japanese play of Chiushingura.

Source: Chiushingura: Or, The Loyal League, a Japanese Romance by Izumo Takeda (1880)

Seppuku, Hara Kiri. Ritualized type of male suicide. Japan Samurai.

Buddhist charm for ending drought. Chinese superstition.

Taoist protective formulas against house fires in ancient China.

Omens and superstitions of southern India. Magic and Magicians.

Variegated dress known as that of the “hundred families”.

Women Mystics of the Dervish Orders. Female muslim Sufi saints.

The Costumes of Dervishes of the various Orders. Islamic mysticism.

Religious sacrificial ceremonies of Romans in ancient times.

China, in a series of views, displaying the scenery, of that ancient empire.

Pilgrimages and the sacred hills of Buddhism in China.

Historical Asian Costumes of Java, Japan and Indonesia.

A Chinese woman of nobility in her official representation.

The Imperial Palace at Ts’ao shan. The three hills of King-kow.

The Bridge of Nanjing. Ancient China sceneries.

Se Tseaou Shan, or “The Western Seared Hills”.

Tolling of Buddhist Bells and the series of 108 strokes.

The Imperial Travelling Palace at the Hoo kew shan.

Paper Streamers placed on graves. Old Chinese Customs.

Transplanting rice; and Sowing at Soo-chow Foo.

Paper-house burnt for the benefit of the dead. Chinese customs.

The Cataract of Shih Tan, Yangtze River. The western parts of Jiangnan.