Seiu ITO, who is famous for his torture paintings (especially paintings of women bound), duplicated the scene by really suspending upside down his pregnant wife, who volunteered herself, to photograph the scene to verify whether Yoshitoshi really suspended a pregnant woman upside down or not.
責め絵（主に女性を縛った絵）で有名な伊藤晴雨がこの絵を見、芳年が本当に妊婦を吊るしたか気になり、妻の勧めで妊娠中の彼女を吊るして実験し、それを写真に収めた。