The Anne brand mentioned in the essay.Cameo (Japan & the U.K., 1960s-1970s?) Box, tampon, ad. It's the same as Ortex Gold and Anshin. (Tambrands gift, 1997)
Cellopon (Japan, 1968) Box, instructions, tampons. No applicator. With a discussion of the mutual influence of European and Japanese art & an example from Van Gogh. (Generous gift from Tambrands, 1997)
Elldy (Japan) tampon with finger cots (like Anne, above), box - ad in Junie magazine (October 1996) - instructions from 2011 a Hispanic woman in Japan sent.
Emil (Japan, 1974) box with tampons & instructions. (Gift from Tambrands)
Early Japanese ads for menstrual belts, part 1 (part 2, 3)
Japan influences England influences Japan: artist Aubrey Beardsley
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See
the original
Museum of Menstruation,
a cartoon visit,
the museum's future,
and reaction
to it and this site.
The picture above I adapted from a design on a Japanese lacquer writing box,
about 1850-1900, at the Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art And Culture,
San Francisco, California.
The Origin of Menstrual Leave in Japan
Essay by Hiromi Mizuno
For Professor Sandra Lee Bartky
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Pages 11-12, (first 2 pages & Introduction)
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1918, Yosano Akiko: "a woman should be regarded as an independent citizen rather than as a dependent mother."
Footnotes refer to publications listed on page 20.
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Motherhood defended:
Hiratsuka Raicho, first & most famous feminist in Japan.
Magazine Seito
"In the beginning, woman was the sun [goddess Amaterasu, at right], an authentic person."
The Emperors of Japan are considered to be direct descendants of Amaterasu. (Wikipedia)
Footnotes refer to publications listed on page 20.
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Amaterasu Google pictures.
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