The "Vaccine Travel Record"
The most important primary source for this module is the "Vaccine Travel Record" (Hakushin-yō ōraidome). Kasahara Hakuō, a town doctor and pioneering vaccinator from Fukui, recorded nine volumes (the first of which is missing) between 1849 and 1858, with one final entry from 1860. He used this record to take notes as well as copy correspondences and documents regarding retransmissions, rules, procedures, and other matters regarding the movement of the vaccine to and from Echizen and within the province.
In this module, the pages related to Ōno domain are based on new research on the "Vaccine Travel Record" and other primary sources. Pages related to Fukui domain draw on research by Yanagisawa Fumiko, Ban Isoshiro, Umihara Ryō, and other scholars, who have likewise made use of the "Vaccine Travel Record."
