Japanese wedding ceremony
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
Picture No
12486361
Media ID
46356919
Size
6771px x 4249px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection





























