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Telegraph communication networks used by the Japanese pharmaceutical industry in 1901

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 23 (2019): Issue 3 (July 2019)
By: Takashi Amijima  
Open Access
|Jul 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Study prefecture locations.Source: author’s own illustration.
Study prefecture locations.Source: author’s own illustration.

Figure 2

The production values of medicine in 1919 organized by prefecture.Source: Secretariat statistics division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (author’s own illustration)
The production values of medicine in 1919 organized by prefecture.Source: Secretariat statistics division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (author’s own illustration)

Figure 3

The distribution of telegraph stations in 1901 Japan.Source: Naikakufu Tokeikyoku 1902, Statistical Yearbook of the Empire of Japan, 21st. (author’s own illustration).
The distribution of telegraph stations in 1901 Japan.Source: Naikakufu Tokeikyoku 1902, Statistical Yearbook of the Empire of Japan, 21st. (author’s own illustration).

Figure 4

Advertisement for Kabei Hatae.Source: Goto (1904a) with explanations added by the author.
Advertisement for Kabei Hatae.Source: Goto (1904a) with explanations added by the author.

Figure 5

A page from The Telegraph Codebook of Pharmacies in Japan.Source: The Telegraph Codebook of Pharmacies in Japan, p127 (Fukuoka prefectural library), with explanations added by the author
A page from The Telegraph Codebook of Pharmacies in Japan.Source: The Telegraph Codebook of Pharmacies in Japan, p127 (Fukuoka prefectural library), with explanations added by the author

Figure 6

Locational distribution of pharmacies belonging to the Pharmaceutical Telegraph Communication Alliance (author’s own illustration)
Locational distribution of pharmacies belonging to the Pharmaceutical Telegraph Communication Alliance (author’s own illustration)

Figure 7

The distribution of big private enterprises’ head offices in 1907 JapanSource: Abe (1984: 44–48), (author’s own illustration)
The distribution of big private enterprises’ head offices in 1907 JapanSource: Abe (1984: 44–48), (author’s own illustration)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
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Language: English
Page range: 144 - 151
Submitted on: Nov 16, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 11, 2019
Published on: Jul 31, 2019
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Industrialization,
regional formation,
pharmaceutical industry,
telegraph code,
Japan,
patent medicine
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography,
Geosciences, other

© 2019 Takashi Amijima, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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