June 24, 2009

Japanese pregnant dolls from the 19th century

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(via marginal revolution)

comments

  1. Deron Bauman on June 24th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Somehow I don’t think we’re going to have to apologize to Cindy for this one.

  2. Cindy Scroggins on June 24th, 2009 at 11:29 am

    See, Japan knew how to do the 19th century right. It’s that pesky European 19th century that pisses me off so much.

  3. Kelsey Parker on June 24th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    But it was that pesky 19th century European, Commodore Perry, who exported industrialization to Japan and (basically) thus, strange dolls with ambulatory pelvises.

  4. Sheila Ryan on June 24th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    Actually, this reminds me of the female mannequins used by Chinese healers in the wayback days. A screen, I believe, could shield a female patient from the direct gaze of a male healer, and both could use the mannequin to show and tell.

  5. Cindy Scroggins on June 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Fuck Commodore Perry.

  6. Kelsey Parker on June 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    There we go! That’s what I was looking for.

  7. Chris on June 24th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    What interests me is that the babies are mounted on bases for display in your own little shop of horrors.

  8. Daryl Scroggins on June 24th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    You could make a fine backpack out of that thing.

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