LSE4326424 A parricide condemns crucifixion and leads to the place of torture, if the sentences are still applied within the prison, the great criminals, such as the arsonists and the murderers, are executed in public places; here, the convict wears a rosary on his neck, before him, the two spears with which his armpits will be pierces to give him the blow of grace at sunset, the wooden sign will be planted on the square where his head will be exposed. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan, in 1863-1864, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in ???e tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages??????published under the direction of Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris, 1867. Selva Collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A parricide condemns crucifixion and leads to the place of torture, if the sentences are still applied within the prison, the great criminals, such as the arsonists and the murderers, are executed in public places; here, the convict wears a rosary on his neck, before him, the two spears with which his armpits will be pierces to give him the blow of grace at sunset, the wooden sign will be planted on the square where his head will be exposed. Engraving to illustrate the voyage to Japan, in 1863-1864, by Aime Humbert, minister of the Swiss Confederation, in ???e tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages??????published under the direction of Edouard Charton, Hachette, Paris, 1867. Selva Collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.