#12 Title: Pregnant woman with 6 heads and 12 bodies Artist: Shoshi Publisher:? Censor Seal: Meiji 15, 2nd month, 1882

#12 Newly Invented Pregnant woman with 6 heads and 12 bodies Date: Meiji 15 2nd month, 1882 Artist: Shoshi (more obscure) Shows 1-10 months of pregnancy plus twins and triplets Shows 1-10 months of pregnancy plus twins and triplets new discovery of the pregnancy in 6 heads and 12 bodies. The Different stages of the normal pregnancy are represented + of Right-hand side on the left first in the tenth month + Under the last Figure of the body on the left is an image of pregnancy triples + In the center the woman in the 7 months carries a pipe and the woman In the 6 months a box with tobacco this print of will Yamamura Kiyosuke is dated the 15 year of era Meiji (date) As in all the other figures one notice two kinds writing a share Generally framed in cartridges of the monosyllabic Chinese characters or "kanji" to transcribe Japanese syllabary or "kana".

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