Kneel, the Lord Approaches by Yoshitoshi 1865
Soldiers force commoners to kneel down as the shogun approaches; to remain standing, or even to look at the shogun, could mean immediate execution, an example of the extreme stratification of society in feudal Japan. From a series commemorating the unprecedented journey of the shogun in Edo to consul with the emperor in Kyoto in 1863.

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