
Painted in 1819 by Japanese physician Yasukazu Minagaki (1784-1825), The Kaibo Zonshinzu Anatomy Scrolls contain 83 images based on Minagaki’s analysis of over 40 bodies that were donated to science after being decapitated for committing criminal acts. As mentioned on Pink Tentacle, “Unlike European anatomical drawings of the time, which tended to depict the corpse as a living thing devoid of pain (and often in some sort of Greek pose), these realistic illustrations show blood and other fluids leaking from subjects with ghastly facial expressions”.






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pretty sweet….