A Caesarean section: a scene from Japanese legend. Coloured woodcut, 1646.

Date:
1646]
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564761i
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A Caesarean section: a scene from Japanese legend. Coloured woodcut, 1646. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The smiling (?) mother is seated on a throne (?) with her robe open to reveal a large gash from which the child is reaching out its arms. On the floor lies the sword with which she has sacrificed herself to save her unborn's life. A male attendant is about to lift the child from her body. Two women kneeling nearby are crying, while an old man kneels in contemplation

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[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1646]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, with watercolour ; image 20.9 x 14.4 cm

Lettering

Lettering: at top right of print, in Japanese, partially trimmed

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Wellcome Collection 564761i

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