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The National Hansen's Disease Museum (国立ハンセン病資料館, Kokuritsu Hansen-byō Shiryōkan) is a museum in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan that is dedicated to education about Hansen's disease (leprosy) and to eliminate discriminatory practices against its sufferers. It was formerly (1993–2007) named "His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu Memorial Museum of Hansen's Disease".
Contents
- History
- Table
- On Display
- The Meiji Era and Taisho Era
- Showa Era
- Law was abolished Trial for compensation
- Life in Sanatoriums
- Maintenance of Order
- Marriage Abortions and Sterilization
- Education in Sanatoriums
- Prejudice in Society Leprosy Stigma
- Death in Sanatoriums
- How to create something to live for
- Progress of Medicine
- Sanatoriums in and out of Japan
- Testimony of ex patients and related persons
- Information about the Museum
- References
The museum's purpose, located next to one of Japan's remaining leprosy sanatoriums, is to:
History
Fujio Ohtani wrote in a pamphlet "H.I.H. Prince Takamatsu Memorial Museum of Hansen's Disease": Our Museum was conceived as a commomerative undertaking for the Fortieth Anniversary of the Tofu Kyokai Foundation. While the construction plans were under way, the Leprosy Prevention Law still existed. All the parties involved ardently wished that this new Museum would function in a way to win the public support for abolition of the Law and to show the realities of the thirteen national and three religious associations affiliated Hansen's Disease sanatoria, which were known only to a limited number of people.