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Woodcut chart of a head in profile, its skull split into many cells filled with Japanese text, with a red seal at right.

Japanese phrenology chart: head divided into 35 cells, woodcut, 1888

A woodcut chart showing a head in left profile, its skull divided into many irregular cells filled with columns of printed Japanese characters. Ink on paper with a red seal at right, and text blocks along the lower margin and upper title band.

Artist
Mihara, Muneaki, active ca. 1888.
Date
Meiji 21 [1888]
Medium
Charts Woodcuts Mokuhanga
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3084 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1888.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection