Left, a small man (a dwarf?) lifts a horse's tail with a bamboo rod to catch its faeces in a scoop; above right, a man with filarial elephantiasis is helped to carry his enlarged scrotum supported with a sling; below right, a woman carrying a baby on her back points in amazement. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.

  • Katsushika Hokusai
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1834]
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565511i
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view Left, a small man (a dwarf?) lifts a horse's tail with a bamboo rod to catch its faeces in a scoop; above right, a man with filarial elephantiasis is helped to carry his enlarged scrotum supported with a sling; below right, a woman carrying a baby on her back points in amazement. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834.
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Left, a small man (a dwarf?) lifts a horse's tail with a bamboo rod to catch its faeces in a scoop; above right, a man with filarial elephantiasis is helped to carry his enlarged scrotum supported with a sling; below right, a woman carrying a baby on her back points in amazement. Coloured woodcut by K. Hokusai, 1834. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Edo [Tokyo] (?), 1834]

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colour ; image and border 17.9 x 24.6 cm

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Lettering in Japanese

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Wellcome Collection 565511i

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