Canton Sore - Canton Sore

Japanese: 広東瘡 - かんとんそう
Canton Sore - Canton Sore

...It was first carried to India around 98 AD when the crew of V. da Gama, the discoverer of the sea route to India, landed in Calicut, then spread to the Malay Peninsula, and reached Guangdong in China in the early 16th century, then spread northward throughout China. In China, it was called "Guangdong swollen spot" or "Yangbai swollen spot." Syphilis was eventually introduced to Japan, which had contact with the Ming Dynasty at that time, in 1512 (Eisho 9), first in the Kansai region and the following year in the Kanto region. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Canton tumor" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…まずインド航路発見者のV.daガマの隊員がカリカットに上陸した98年ころにインドに運ばれ,続いてマレー半島に波及し,16世紀の初め中国の広東に達し,北上して中国全土に広がる。中国ではこれを〈広東瘡(カントンそう)〉あるいは〈楊梅瘡(ようばいそう)〉と呼んだ。 このころ明と交通していた日本にやがて梅毒が伝来するが,それは1512年(永正9)のことといわれ,はじめ関西に起こり,翌年には関東に及んだ。…

※「広東瘡」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

<<:  Guangdong Marshal's Office - KANTON DAIGENSUIFU

>>:  Cantonese Song - Kanton Shokyoku

Recommend

Resultant aggravation - Resultant aggravation

A crime in which the punishment is increased by th...

Mount Kagikake - Mount Kagikake

...Stretching 8km east to west and 4km north to s...

Karaoshi - Karaoshi

In the Middle Ages, bookmaking (copying, illumina...

Hail-struck oyster - Hail-struck oyster

... There are about 50 species of Littorinidae in...

Wessel, JH

…In the 1770s, a music school, an opera company, ...

Sodalite - Soda-raito (English spelling) sodalite

Also called sodalite. A mineral of the sodalite gr...

Sanyo Expressway

In ancient times, during the Ritsuryo period, thi...

Embroiderer - Kakaeshi

...These diverse classes of artists were reorgani...

Wilhelm von Holland

…His grand political ideal was to form a Mediterr...

Begas, R. (English spelling)

...This can be seen in Johann Heinrich von Dannec...

Trinitas terrestris (English spelling) trinitasterrestris

…According to the Apocrypha, on the way back from...

Joule's Law

This law states that when an electric current I f...

Sofa - Sofa (English spelling)

From a functional standpoint, chairs can be divid...

Erythema induratum Bazin

A type of tuberculous rash (→ cutaneous tuberculos...

Belon, P. (English spelling) BelonP

…In the field of plants, John Gerard (1545-1612) ...