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Moon

Before the war in Shimabara*, many Christians were persecuted. Lord Matsukura Shigenaga was a sexual pervert. He captured women, committed atrocious torture, and then threw them into the snake valley at the corner of Mount Unzen.

The crescent moon shines on dead bodies, where poisonous snakes slither and wolves feast on human flesh. What is a real inferno, if this picture doesn’t show it?

*Referring to Shimabara no ran (the Shimabara Rebellion), which was a major uprising in southwestern Japan in the 17th century.

月 (tsuki)

島原の戦前、異敬徒の迫害せらるる者多し。領主松倉重長は変態性慾者なりき。婦女をとらへて慘虐なる拷問を行ひ、雲仙獄の一角、蛇谷に投ず。

弦月死屍を照し、毒蛇射狼人を噛む。真にこれ一幅の地獄図繪に非ずして何ぞや。