Osaka swelling - Osakabare

Japanese: 大坂腫れ - おおさかばれ
Osaka swelling - Osakabare

...This period coincides with the time when the Japanese diet shifted from brown rice or half-polished rice to highly polished white rice. There are also records of epidemics in Kyoto during the Kansei era (1789-1801) and in Osaka during the Bunka era (1804-1818), where they were called "Edo wazai" (Edo trouble) or "Osaka tsurure" (Osaka swelling). With the rapid increase in urban population and the rise in poverty in the Meiji era, the decline in dietary habits, especially among young people, became more pronounced, leading to a sharp increase in beriberi cases.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Osaka swelling" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この年代は日本人の米食がそれまでの玄米または半つき米から精白度の高い白米に移行した時期と一致している。また寛政年間(1789‐1801)には京都,文化年間(1804‐18)には大坂で流行した記録がみられ,〈江戸煩い〉あるいは〈大坂腫れ〉などとよばれた。明治になると都市人口の激増や貧困層の増大につれ,食生活の低下とくに青年層における栄養の相対的低下が著しくなり,脚気の急増を招くことになった。…

※「大坂腫れ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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