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[Akita Prefecture] What is monkey sake? Masumi Sugae explains in detail the medicinal sake introduced in “Yukidewado”
Masumi Sugae, a Japanese scholar and travelogue in the late Edo period, made monkey sake at the house of Gensuke Shimada, who had lived in Tashiro Village (present-day Yamauchi Village) for generations, in ``Yukidewado'', and it was said to be effective for abdominal pain.
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