@amjphysanth This is an example of medical and philosophical books providing childrearing advice for the general population in premodern Japan.
Modified from National Diet Library, Japan. Nagatsune Ohkura's "Minka sodate-gusa" (Published in AD 1827)
https://t.co/F5XEbNZp3n https://t.co/ZSZzdhAJf9