Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed folk art mannequin But just as is it's

But just as is it's a pretty sweet one I think

but still holding on to much of its original paint

and I have a bit of a hunch they were made by the same person

I assume it was made in Japan for Western export

some of the details show it significantly paler than it is

Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed folk art mannequin But just as is it'sBe Kind To The Cow Mother The ambiguity and multiple possible readings of this old punch paper embroidery makes it is one of my favorite finds ever so wonderfully curious! Are we to be kind to the the mother cow? Or was its maker pleading to her mother to be kind to the cow?! Or, was it "Mother" who made this and decided to sign it as such? I tend to lean toward the first reading, thus loving the specificity of it being not just the cow but the cow