Jintan purchased at Tokyo Station in December 2014 Jintan pearls Statue of Morishita Hiroyoshi (Nunakuma-Shrine, Fukuyama) Jintan () is the patented name of a popular Japanese medicine/candy  developed by Morishita Hiroshi (1869-1943)  and sold from the early twentieth century to today. Originally marketed as a cure-all for a number of ailments, Jintan is today thought of as a breath freshener only. History Morishita Hiroshi was the eldest son of a priest at the Nunakuma-Shrine (, Numakuma jinja) in Fukuyama (Hiroshima prefecture). After his father died, Morishita went to Osaka  and started to develop pharmaceutical products. He was also a pioneer of Japanese advertising.Morishita Jintan 100nen kinenshi The silver coated pellet-like pills were advertised from 1904 through the end of World War II .  The name Jintan combines the Confucian term jin (, humaneness, benevolence)  with the Daoist term tan (, cinnabar, pills containing cinnabar, pills (the Elixir of life)) evoking the notion of longevity and health.
Jintan purchased at Tokyo Station in December 2014 Jintan pearls Statue of Morishita Hiroyoshi (Nunakuma-Shrine, Fukuyama) Jintan () is the trademarked name of a popular Japanese medicine/candy , developed by Morishita Hiroshi (1869-1943) , and sold from the early twentieth century to today. Originally marketed as a cure-all for a number of ailments, Jintan is today thought of as a breath freshener only. History Morishita Hiroshi was the eldest son of a priest at the Nunakuma-Shrine (, Numakuma jinja) in Fukuyama (Hiroshima prefecture). After his father died, Morishita went to Osaka , and started to develop pharmaceutical products. He was also a pioneer of Japanese advertising.Morishita Jintan 100nen kinenshi The silver coated pellet-like pills were advertised from 1904 through the end of World War II in 1945. Meaning of Name The name Jintan combines the Confucian term jin (, humaneness, benevolence) , with the Daoist term tan (, cinnabar, pills containing cinnabar, pills (the Elixir of life)) evoking the notion of longevity and health.
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