Onodera junai's wife (one of the 47 ronin) preparing for jigai (female version of seppuku) to follow her husband in death: legs are bound as to maintain a decent posture in agony; death is given by a tanto cut at the jugular vein. Kuniyoshi woodcut, seichu gishin den series ("story of truthful hearts"), 1848. Date: 1848.
