Японские "беременные" куклы 19 века -Japanise 19th-century pregnant dolls
[600x]Они использовались в качестве учебных пособий в медицине, а также для показов интересующимся процессом беременности и родов.
[900x]19th-century obstetric training doll - Wada Museum
In the 18th and 19th centuries, sideshow carnivals known as misemono were a popular form of entertainment for the sophisticated residents of Edo (present-day Tokyo). The sideshows featured a myriad of educational and entertaining attractions designed to evoke a sense of wonder and satisfy a deep curiosity for the mysteries of life. One popular attraction was the pregnant doll.
[600x]“Light-skinned” pregnant doll - Edo-Tokyo Museum
Although it is commonly believed that these dolls were created primarily to teach midwives how to deliver babies, evidence suggests they were also used for entertainment purposes.
[600x]Dark-skinned” pregnant doll - Edo-Tokyo Museum
For example, records from 1864 describe a popular show in Tokyo’s Asakusa entertainment district that educated audiences about the human body. The show featured a pregnant doll whose abdomen could be opened to reveal fetal models depicting the various stages of prenatal development.
[500x]Baby doll - Edo-Tokyo Museum
Similarly, records of Japan’s first national industrial exhibition in 1877 indicate a Yamagata prefecture hospital doctor named Motoyoshi Hasegawa showed off an elaborate set of fetus models illustrating seven different stages of growth, from embryo to birth.
[800x]Fetus model set (circa 1877) - Toyota Collection [+]
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