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Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian History

The history of smallpox in our country began in the fourth month of 736 during the reign of Emperor Shōmu, the forty-fifth of human rulers. At that time, the name of the disease was “akamogasa” (red spot scabs).

夫(それ)本(ワが)朝(くに)に痘瘡(はうそう)のはじまふハ人皇(にんこう)四十五代聖武(せうむ)天皇(てんのう)御宇(とき)天平(てんひやう)八年四月にして病名(それがな)を赤班瘡(せきハんとう)といふ。

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