Edo Period pregnant anatomy models

[modernwizard]

These jointed models of pregnant women and their fetuses, made of painted wood, are from Japan during the Edo Period. The mothers appear to have wigs of real hair and inset glass eyes. Note impressive jointing on wooden baby at bottom of page so it can assume the fetal position. Awwwww...

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[arahitogami.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, I'd heard of these but never seen such excellent pictures of them. Amazing. Thank you for this.