Left, a midwife (?) fastens a band of cloth around a pregnant woman's waist, watched by an attendant; right, two attendants bring refreshments. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1748 (?).

  • Nishikawa, Sukenobu, 1671-1751.
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1748 (?)]
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565159i
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Left, a midwife (?) fastens a band of cloth around a pregnant woman's waist, watched by an attendant; right, two attendants bring refreshments. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1748 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1748 (?)]

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1 print : woodcut ; image and border 18.4 x 18.2 cm

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[Iwata obi (the five month sash)] Extensive lettering in Japanese

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Wellcome Collection 565159i

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