Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian HistoryMain MenuGet to Know the SiteGuided TourShow Me HowA click-by-click guide to using this siteModulesRead the seventeen spatial stories that make up Bodies and Structures 2.0Tag MapExplore conceptsComplete Grid VisualizationDiscover connectionsGeotagged MapFind materials by geographic locationLensesCreate your own visualizationsWhat We LearnedLearn how multivocal spatial history changed how we approach our researchAboutFind information about contributors and advisory board members, citing this site, image permissions and licensing, and site documentationTroubleshootingA guide to known issuesAcknowledgmentsThank youDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThis project was made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Variolation {controlled exposure to the human smallpox virus; risky but occasionally practiced in Japan since the late eighteenth century]
1media/Shugyutosho high res (1)_thumb.jpg2020-10-28T15:30:08-04:00Maren Ehlers18502c6775e5db37b999ee7b08c8c075867ca31dFlyer advertising vaccination against smallpox20Advertisement for vaccinations and eye medicine, issued in 1856 by a physician at Fujisawa post station on the Tōkaidō Highway (not part of Echizen province).media/Shugyutosho high res (1).jpgplain2021-07-23T20:03:05-04:001856Kawamura Collection (Kawamura bunko). Shiga University of Medical Science Library. Transcribed and translated by Maren Ehlers, with thanks to Yanagisawa Fumiko, Usami Masaki, and Nagano Eishun for advice on difficult readings.20061201102352+090020061201102352+0900Shiga University of Medical Science Library (Shiga ika daigaku fuzoku toshokan).Used with permission.Maren EhlersME-0028Woodblock printKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f