Literary Women of Japan and Their Emancipation
An exploration of Japanese women from ancient confinement to modern authorship. It highlights Murasakishikibu Seishonagon Shiran Yanagawa and Baroness Nakajima, notes on Ichigo Higuchi and Kaho Miyake, and profiles of Iwamoto and Takeyoshi, tracing how Western contact expanded female literary activity and shaped Japan's evolving gender roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ips
Murasakishikibu
Genji
Japan
Seishonagon
Shiran Yanagawa
Mia
Browning
Tokugawa
Traiing
Kash Iwamoto
Iwamoto
Zenji Iwamoto
Meiji Jogakko
Yoshiko Kishida
House of Commons
Italy
Mentaaba
Nakajima
Ichigo Higuchi
Higuchi
Kaho Miyake
Kajita
Gisuke
Uta Imai
Misglina
Nijuscikinofujiu
Hokkaido Woman's Society
Japan’s Ancestral Shrines Rebuilt in Ancient Rite
The London Standard reports Japan’s imperial shrines at Ine are rebuilt every 21 years in a grand Shinto rite. The fifty-seventh reconstruction, starting with forest felling and nail driving, ends with the removal of gods to the new holy of holies, witnessed by as many as 40,000 people.
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Japan
Ine
London Standard
Imperial House
Simple But Powerful Rheumatism Cure by Sargaparilla and Toris
A reused prescription promises relief for rheumatism and lame back from a mix of syrup of Sargaparilla and Toris Compound in whiskey. Instructions urge taking a tablespoon before meals and at night, with effects claimed to appear by the next day and drugsellers able to supply or obtain the ingredients.
A Special Order Divorced Woman I Like That Dolt
A reader reports a comic fragment about a divorced woman longing for a change in family labels. The text playfully critiques domestic terms as it contrasts Pa and Mamma with a single recurring phrase. The excerpt reflects humorous wordplay in a domestic context.
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Papa
Mamma
Doctor Cures Scalp Disease With Cuticura Remedies
A childhood scalp disease left much hair loss until a doctor prescribed Cuticura Remedies, curing the condition in weeks. The account also mentions Cuticura helping a hand break out and cites a 1909 testimonial from Jessie Buchanan of Hamilton Georgia.
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Jessie F. Buchanan
R. FE
Hamilton, Ga
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
Readers are assured Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrah a constitutional disease as it works through the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and cites testimonials and an address in Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists at 75 cents along with Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Acledes
Hall
Nature
Big Bugs
Dr Cook defends polar conditions amid Washington argument. He labels the critic wrong and absurdly misinformed about North Pole life, noting sea bugs as large as churches in a Brooklyn domestic view. Washington Star reports the exchange between a Washington correspondent and the Brook dyn figure about polar conditions.
Castoria Resinol Perry Davis Painkiller Nostalgia Ad Snippet
An old advertisement collage touts Castoria as a long trusted infant remedy bearing seven signatures, praises Resinol Ointment as universally beneficial, extols Perry Davis Painkiller for various pains, and notes Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething. The piece closes with a reflective line about men's misplaced self-importance.
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Perry Davis
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Literary Women of
Ford
Kashi Iwamoto
Takeyo Takeyoshi
Kokumin Shinbuni
Tolys
Meno
Meelnoon
Bor
Luentlet
Barnum
P. T. Barnum
Wilfing
Preddie Brown
Eva “Mather
Freddy
Freddie
Houston Post
W. J. Callan
Brooklyn
N. Y
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