Caption:
Japanese nobleman in chonmage, wearing kamishimo, kimono, hakama and gloves, with two swords on his belt. Valet with straw hat. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier and Pannemaker after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from Auguste Wahlen's "Moeurs, Usages et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde," Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium.