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Kyūyō, Appendix Vol. IV, No. 158: In 1851 a new vaccination method was established and used by all people.
Since ancient times, the method of blowing dried smallpox scabs up the nose was used in all cases against contagion with smallpox. Coming the year 1851, Uku Pēchin Kijin 宇久親雲上紀仁 of the Matsu-clan 松氏 practiced a new smallpox vaccination method. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettelheim, Makishi Chocho, Nakachi Kijin, Okinawa, Peter Parker, smallpox
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Yonegawa no Kon and the Western bayonet rifle
It would be a mere rethorical question to ask if historical Ryūkyūan combative methods were influenced by the outside world. Notwithstanding, somehow this seems to be a weird question. One of the persistent beliefs making Ryūkyūan combative methods so likable … Continue reading
Posted in Bojutsu Kata Series, Unknown Ryukyu
Tagged Basil Hall, Beechey, Bettelheim, Bojutsu, Bonham Ward Bax, Bowman, Chinen Masanrah, Chinen Sanra, François Ducros, Jean-François de Galaup de la Pérouse, Masami Chinen, Napoleon I. Bonaparte, Yonegawa no Kon
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