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Title: Shōni-yaku-ō Kan’ō-gan
Alternative Title: The King of drugs for children: Kan’ō-gan
Creator: unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: late 19th C
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
Collection: UCSF Japanese Woodblock Print Collection
Rights Information: Copyrighted
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description: Scope/Content: according to this advertisement, "children given this drug regularly will escape severe cases of sickness such as smallpox, measles"
Type: image
Format: 18.6 x 24.8 cm
Form/Genre: woodblock print
Ukiyo-e
advertisement
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb200006xh
ucsf_p275
Language: Japanese
jpn
Subject: Advertising Japan History.
Drugs Japan.
Measles History.
Smallpox Japan History.
Place: Japan

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