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Left, a midwife (?) fastens a band of cloth around a pregnant woman's waist, watched by an attendant; right, two attendants bring refreshments. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1748 (?).

Moxa treatment: a young woman kneels and applies moxa (a smouldering blend of medicinal plants) to another's leg. Woodcut by Sukenobu, ca. 1739 (?).

A woman writing with a calligraphy brush. Woodcut attributed to Sukenobu, ca. 1740 (?).

Left, a woman undressing (?) to take a bath; right, two women preparing a bath. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1736.

A woman, naked to the waist, dressing her hair before a mirror stand. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1739.

A group of blind men and their attendants leaving a house; a group of women with a dog turn to look at them. Woodcut attributed to Sukenobu, ca. 1740 (?).

A woman holding a cricket cage. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1739.

A midwife washes a newborn baby while a kneeling attendant proffers a robe with which to wrap it; left, an attendant brings food to the mother whose hand can be glimpsed behind a screen. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716/1736.

A man demonstrating an orrery (a model of the solar system) to two girls and another man. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1758.

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A man demonstrating an orrery (a model of the solar system) to two girls and another man. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1758.

A woman, naked to the waist, dressing her hair before a mirror stand. Woodcut by Sukenobu, 1739.

Left, a midwife (?) fastens a band of cloth around a pregnant woman's waist, watched by an attendant; right, two attendants bring refreshments. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1748 (?).

A midwife washes a newborn baby while a kneeling attendant proffers a robe with which to wrap it; left, an attendant brings food to the mother whose hand can be glimpsed behind a screen. Woodcut by Nishikawa Sukenobu, 1716/1736.

Moxa treatment: a young woman kneels and applies moxa (a smouldering blend of medicinal plants) to another's leg. Woodcut by Sukenobu, ca. 1739 (?).