「伝統文化」の表象としてのサティー
【図像】サティーの描かれ方(例)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Jodhpur_Sati.jpg/200px-Jodhpur_Sati.jpg)
A shrine to wives of the Maharajas of Jodhpur who have committed sati. The palmprints are typical.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Muhammad_Qasim_Bride.jpg/200px-Muhammad_Qasim_Bride.jpg)
The bride throws herself on her husband's funeral pyre. This miniature painting originates from the period of the Safavid dynasty, first half 17th century. (Attributed to the painter: Muhammad Qasim)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Balinese_rite_of_Suttee_in_Houtman_1597_Verhael_vande_Reyse_..._Naer_Oost_Indien.jpg/200px-Balinese_rite_of_Suttee_in_Houtman_1597_Verhael_vande_Reyse_..._Naer_Oost_Indien.jpg)
Description of the Balinese rite of self-sacrifice or Suttee, in Houtman's 1597 Verhael vande Reyse ... Naer Oost Indien
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Sati_ceremony.jpg/250px-Sati_ceremony.jpg)
Sati ceremony
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Burning_of_a_Widow.jpg/300px-Burning_of_a_Widow.jpg)
"Ceremony of Burning a Hindu Widow with the Body of her Late Husband", from Pictorial History of China and India, 1851.