Health and Medicine
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 16
February 15, 2005 (Tue) - March 27, 2005 (Sun)This exhibition examines the reality of yojo - health care-in the Edo period. People of the Edo period were keen readers of health guides of various sorts that can be summarized under the term yojosho. Amongst these health guides are also some, which were written in an easily readable and comprehendible format such as a waka poem, a travel essay or a tale.
Including:
Healthcare Guide, By Yasumi Keizan, Edo period, dated 1825 (Gift of Mr. Tokugawa Muneyoshi)
Guide to a Healthy Long Life, By Santo Kyoden, Edo period, dated 1858 (Gift of Mr. Tokugawa Muneyoshi)