The CRAZY Ways Japanese Courtesans Dealt With Pregnancies

🎎 Become the Japanese history/folklore expert your friends rely on: https://www.linfamy.com When Japanese courtesans got pregnant, what did they do? Who did the baby belong to? Did their lives get better or worse? *Process for ending a pregnancy: The woman was tied and gagged on the floor. They used a long chopstick-like tool and dipped it into the drug mixture, then inserted it into the womb, piercing the fetus. This was supposed to induce a miscarriage. Sometimes they didn’t use the chopsticks, but other things like barley stalks. Obviously, it was a dangerous procedure. Idea of children as not fully human:    • The Boy Who Was Spirited Away by a Tengu F...   Sexuality in Medieval Japan:    • Life of Early Japanese Women (So Much Chea...   0:00 The Pregnancy Problem 2:47 Giving Birth 3:32 To Keep, or Not to Keep? 4:41 Ending a Pregnancy 6:45 Ending a Baby NEED FOOD =) 🔸PATREON (blog, art):   / linfamy   🔸MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/Linfamy/join 🔸MERCH: https://shop.linfamy.com/ (charms, stickers, tees, and more!) 🔸DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/Linfamy RECOMMENDED 🔸History of Japan (ALL):    • Shinto Creation Myth: Izanami and Izanagi ...   🔸Japanese Folktales (ALL):    • Nine-tailed Fox Tamamo no Mae Trapped in K...   🔸The Kamakura Period (Japan 1185 - 1333):    • The Kamakura Period (the First Shogunate, ...   🔸Sexuality in Medieval Japan:    • Life of Early Japanese Women (So Much Chea...   🔸Japanese Mythology:    • Amaterasu vs Susanoo (When the Sun Disappe...   🔸Legendary Weapons of Japan:    • Muramasa Swords | Legendary Weapons of Japan   SOCIAL 🔸Discord (community chat):   / discord   🔸Instagram:   / linfamy   🔸Twitter:   / linfamy   SOURCES 🔸 Fertility and Pleasure: https://amzn.to/3fK1YBI 🔸 Women and Class in Japanese History: https://amzn.to/34aa012 WHAT I USE TO MAKE THESE VIDEOS 🎤Microphone: https://amzn.to/2Xgq2Ca 🖥Drawing Tablet: https://amzn.to/2NhYQ1b 📸Camera: https://amzn.to/2BL03tr 💻Software: https://amzn.to/2EkIOki ⚙The rest: https://kit.co/Linfamy/animator-s-kit DISCLAIMER: This description contains affiliate links. If you click on them, then purchase something on the site, I will make a small commission at no extra cost to you! This helps support the channel and allows me to continue making videos for you. It's a win-win! Thank you for your support! #JapaneseHistory #HistoryOfJapan #Linfamy