Lives of Great People of the Occident (Taisei ijin den): Bernard Palissy (ca. 1510–ca.1589)

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful illustration of three people and a burning chair. The man on the left, wearing a blue shirt, brown vest, black pants and a red neck scarf, bends over to pick up a chair while holding an axe in the other hand. The woman on the right wears a blue head covering, a yellow robe over a blue dress. The child on the right wears a dark shirt and brown pants. The background shows a large yellow hill with a gray circular object and smoke in the upper left, and a low wall with flames on the left. There is Japanese text written in black ink at the top. The entire image is bordered by a thin black line on a beige background.