A Horrible Suicide: A Woman Slays Her Child then Kills Herself

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A Horrible Suicide: A Woman Slays Her Child then Kills Herself

Alternate Title: Dai happyakuhachijūyongō Meiji Jūni nen ni gatsu muika
Series: The Kanayomi Newspaper, No. 808
Japan, 1879, February
Prints; woodblocks
Color woodblock print
Image: 13 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (34.61 × 23.34 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (34.61 × 23.34 cm)
Herbert R. Cole Collection (M.84.31.223)
Not currently on public view