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。…

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