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| A pregnant woman's belly contains Tainai jukkai no zu (Ten realms within the body) |
Ukiyo-e. the Japanese woodblock print art form popular in the 17th through 19th centuries, often portrays landscapes, courtesans and kabuki actors. Some, like these odd anatomical prints, were used for educational purposes. Japanese artists like Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) filled the guts of men and women with little workers, making sure the human body worked like a functioning village or town.
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| “Mirror of the Physiology of Drinking and Eating” A man dines on fish and drinks sake while little men scurry about a pool wrapped in intestines. |
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| Boji Yojo Kagami (“Rules of Sexual Life”) focuses on the reproductive organs. |
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