More
Japanese tampons:
Anshin
(1977) Tampons, box, directions. ORIGAMI applicator.
(Tambrands gift,
1997) It's the same as Ortex
Gold and Cameo
tampons.
Shampon
Young stick tampon (Japan, 1977)
Instructions for making JAPANESE WASHABLE
MENSTRUAL PADS (early
20th century?), successors of the uma (pony or horse)
See
ads for JAPANESE COMMERCIAL MENSTRUAL
BELTS from the
early 20th century with a discussion of how Japan influenced
European art and vice versa.
Visit the ODOR page.
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The Museum of Menstruation and
Women's Health
Cellopon
menstrual tampon
(1968, Eisai, Japan)
Influence of Japanese
art:
Hiroshige and Vincent van Gogh compared
The former Tambrands, which
made Tampax tampons, kindly
donated the box and contents as
part of a fabulous gift
of hundreds of menstrual
products.
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Japan and Europe influenced each
other's art starting around 1850,
when Japanese
wood block prints reached Europe
after Japan opened more of its
country to Westerners. Western
artists swooned at the boldness and
beauty of the pictures;
they still do - me too.
Impressionists gobbled up the
shocking chopped-off objects that
often lack modeling and 3-D
perspective. Many artists copied
the prints to absorb their lessons
as did Vincent
van
Gogh, below.
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Below:
Color wood block print (1856-58)
by the Japanese master Ando Hiroshige.
(From Japonisme [New York,
1999] by Siegfried Wichmann)
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Below:
Vincent van
Gogh, oil "copy" of the
Hiroshige print at left, 1886-88.
(From Japonisme [New York,
1999] by Siegfried Wichmann)
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