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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See
the original
Museum of Menstruation,
a cartoon visit,
the museum's future,
and reaction
to it and this site.
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,
San Francisco, California.
The Origin of Menstrual Leave in Japan
Essay by Hiromi Mizuno
For Professor Sandra Lee Bartky
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Pages 17-18 (first 2 pages & Introduction)
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Court cases
"A 1974 report from from a government appointed committee stated: 'Women who have difficulty working during the menstrual stage should be considered as patients with dysmenorrhea.' This implies that the legitimacy of menstruation as a public issue has still not been fully established."
"Women were and still are proud of the uniqueness of the legislation, as everything else about women's rights came from the [W]estern world."
Footnotes refer to publications listed on page 20.
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But not for the first time. See Lister's Sanitary Towels.
Menstruation leave might disappear.
"fewer and fewer women are using menstruation leave."
Take sick leave instead.
"[R]esistance of Japanese working women against the attempt to abolish ... menstruation leave is still strong. Besides the fact that the sick leave system in Japan is still very poor, women resist because they are proud of the power they have gained to define menstruation in their own way."
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