In Japan Leprosy patients but've received a pre-modern since discrimination, 19077 (1907) was promulgated in the year "(Old) Leprosy Prevention Law under the isolation policy of the sanatorium that begins in", patients and Former leprosy patients And its relatives have caused serious human rights violations.
Tama Zenshoen (National Leprosy sanatorium) in Higashimurayama, Tokyo was operated in 1909 (Meiji 42) by the union of 6 prefectures in the Kanto region and the prefectures of Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, and Aichi. It was established as the "First Ward Prefectural Zensei Zensei Hospital Until the national transfer in 1941 (Showa 16), Tokyo Prefecture played a central role in its operation. On the other hand, in Tokyo, there have been activities to treat and relieve Hansen's Disease
The "Tokyo Prefecture / Tokyo City Administrative Documents" (important cultural property) held by the Tokyo Metropolitan Archives contains a large number of documentary materials related to measures against Hansen's Disease
In addition, the The National Hansen's Disease Museum has been working to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and Former leprosy patients the honor of Storytelling activities and has collected materials that prove the lives Former leprosy patients
This special exhibition is co-sponsored by both museums, Hansen's Disease countermeasures in Tokyo will be reviewed and that issues such as elimination of prejudice discrimination and rehabilitation will be widely shared. At the same time, we hope that this will be an opportunity to reconsider the role that documentary materials play in historically examining unjustified prejudice and discrimination.