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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 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,  
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                                  The Origin of Menstrual Leave in Japan Essay by Hiromi Mizuno For Professor Sandra Lee Bartky
 
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  1918, Yosano Akiko: "a woman should be regarded as an independent citizen rather than as a dependent mother."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   Amaterasu  Google pictures.
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