The head of the Japanese lordless warrior Seiji Shimizu, supporter of the movement seeking to "revere the Emperor and expel the barbarians". Convicted for the murder of the British major George Baldwin and the Irish lieutenant Robert Bird in the village of Kamakura on November 21st, 1864, which would become known as the Kamakura Incident, he had been executed at the prison on the Kurayami-zaka slope in the town of Tobe on December 28th. Here his head can be seen standing on display at the Yoshida-bashi bridge in the port town of Yokohama, where it remained for three days. He was buried at the Ganjō-ji temple.Foto van het hoofd van Seiji Shimizu, een van de moordenaars van major George Walter Baldwin en lieutenant Robert Nichols Bird, gedurende drie dagen tentoongesteld op een brug in Yokohama. Seiji Shimizu werd door de Japanse politie gearresteerd nadat zijn handlangers al geëxecuteerd waren. De executie van Seiji Shimizu vond plaats op 27 december 1864.
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opschrift, handgeschreven, In potlood, onder twee foto's.: La tète de Shimadzu Seize l'assassin du major Baldwin // et du Lieutenant Bird
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