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The Arrows of the Mori
A brief excerpt from Samurai Wisdom Stories
A brief excerpt from Samurai Wisdom Stories
Did heavy makeup bring down the shogunate? It’s possible. Remains of children of samurai show sky-high levels of lead in their bones, most likely from their mothers, who adorned their faces with white, lead-based powder. Idiocy was apparently epidemic among the Edo-era shogunate, with lead levels far above those associated with intellectual impairment. This may […]
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