Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Japanese funeral customs: outside the dead man's house.

Left, two Buddhist monks stand in conversation; right, four poorly dressed people stand in a group, while centre, a fifth person, leaning on a staff, approaches them; centre right, on a low table stands a deep bowl containing rice (?) with chopsticks standing vertically; above, inside the house , a similar bowl is visible and the occupants of the house can be seen on the verandah; the partially closed door of the house is a sign bearing the word 'kitu' (?), meaning 'dead' (?) Watercolour 1880 Published: -