An old midwife (?) washes a newborn baby; the watchful mother lies on a futon (?), covered with a kimono. Colour woodcut by Shunshō, 1846.

Edo [Tokyo] : Nagakura, [1846]

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours ; sheet 36.3 x 25 cm

Hōrai Shunshō ga Extensive lettering in Japanese

Wellcome Collection 564791i

One of a series showing children born in the year of the horse. In the series title "(Hi no moto) Uma-doshi umareko no oshi-e gaki" the word for horse (uma) is not spelled out but represented by a woodcut of a horse