Kunitoshi: Pregnant Women Playing in Summer Heat (Sold)

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Artist: Utagawa Kunitoshi (1847-1899)
Title: Pregnant Women Playing in Summer Heat
Date: 1881

Mimochi onna natsu no tawamure--Goto juttai no zu. Pregnant Women Playing  In Summer Heat--Five Heads with Ten Bodies. Amusing work showing the stages of gestation in women with overlapping bodies. This work might be didactic, showing what the baby looks like at different stages and advising women on lifestyle recommendations during each progressive month. Months one through ten are written in the small identifying rectangles next to each figure. Scarce.

Condition:  Very good impression and color. Good to fair condition. Some stains and wrinkles and areas of repair.
Lit: See UC San Francisco, Special Collections online

SKU: KUC015S