LoveLife | May 13, 2009 | 19 comments

19th Century Japanese Preggers Dolls

source: http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/05/pregnant-dolls-from-edo-period-japan/

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Keeping in line with the pregnancy weirdness theme...

"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. 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.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.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."

ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES?! Did the dolls do a little line dance or something? How would you enjoy being entertained by a model of a wooden uterus. Ah here, catchalexandra-san, you can look into a replica of a female body and see a little wood child complete with a cheesecloth umbilical cord! Aren't you entertained? Why are you running away?
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