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

  • Shunshō, Utagawa, active 1830-1854.
Date:
[1846]
Reference:
564791i
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Edo [Tokyo] : Nagakura, [1846]

Physical description

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

Lettering

Hōrai Shunshō ga Extensive lettering in Japanese

Reference

Wellcome Collection 564791i

Notes

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

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