Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed folk art mannequin and I like it more

and I like it more and more the more I look at it

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

Overall dimensions: 9 15/16" x 6 3/4"

Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed folk art mannequin and I like it moreBe 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