History of "Toilet Paper" that was once hellish accompanied by excretion

It is a toilet paper that is used in toilets in many countries around the world now, but at the beginning of its birth it was never a major thing, and it got over various hardships before I got a dandelion as a post-treatment for the toilet It seems.

Toilet Paper was First Used by the Chinese

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It is said that the toilet paper was first used in China before 1300 years ago. People who used paper for post-treatment in the toilet seemed to have been limited to high-ranking people, the first user who appeared in the literature was the Chinese emperor of the 6th century and the wealthy people of the same age . After that, the habit of using paper in the toilet has spread all over China, and in the 14th century it is only Zhejiang Province alone to produce 10 million toilet paper per year.

This is a toilet paper popular in China, but it was hardly accepted in other countries. A traveler from the Muslim who visited China in the 8th century said, "Chinese people do not wash their bodies with water, just wipe their parts with paper, after adding their supplies, they are not so concerned about cleanliness "It is written.

French toilet paper opponents exist in France, French writers of the 16th century ·Francois RabelaisHowever, he wrote about his toilet paper in his book "Gargantua and Pantagruel", indicating that "Toilet paper is not usable". "People who wiped after using additives on paper had some sesame stuck on the back side of genitals," he said, "The most convenient thing is the geese's neck, which can get rid of dirt well I heard that he also commented.

There are plenty of variations depending on the country, region, personal preference, and most of the wealth though the tool is worried about what people used and what was putting out the use without toilet paper.


Wealthy people wiped them with hemp, lace, and wool after adding their additions. Meanwhile, the poor people added lavage in the river, and they also washed the body with the water. Or it seems that it was handling with rich and treelike waste, leaves and hay, stone and sand, yolk, seaweed and apple skin, shells, ferns etc. with affordable and cheap things. In some cases it was the least expensive means, it was sometimes wiped with your own hands.

In ancient Romans, a bar called "shudders" with a sponge at the top was placed in a public toilet, and it was kept immersed in salt water. After adding the purpose, I wiped my body with the sponge at the tip of the rod, put it in salt water for the next person to use, he seems to have used it repeatedly in common use. About this stick, a manga "Thelmae RomaeThere are also people who remember, so may have remembered. On the other hand, the ancient Greeks used stones and clay pieces.

People in the US prefer the corn cob, and laterSears and RoebucksYaFarmers AlmanacIn the catalog mail ordering such as, the dedicated commodity began to be sold. The product of Farmers Almanac seems to have had a hole in the spindle that could be hooked on the toilet.

Although it is hard to imagine a picture of corn cobs, the point is that it is the core-like part that remains after eating corn fruit.


In the countries of India and the Middle East, it is common practice to carry out the treatment after the addition with the left hand even now, and then wash it afterwards. Therefore, the left hand "Unclean handIt is common to eat with the right hand without using any left hand while eating. Inuits and other ethnic groups who live in extremely cold places are always carrying snow for post-processing.

In Japan, we used old leaves and seaweed such as plants directly in hand but old, like the spatula of the tree called "kyuugi" which is a thin wooden stick since entering the Nara era Well, it was a common processing method to wipe it with paper after using it. When entering the Warring States Period, it seems that people of high status no longer use "kyuugi".

"Chuugi" used in the Nara era

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In 1857,Joseph GayettyBegan industrial production of toilet paper for the first time in the United States, and moved towards marketing. This item which was stated "Gayetty flush toilet medicated paper" was sold in a package as if aloe moistened the toilet seat, because it was moistening the paper with aloe and having a moisturizing effect . However, at the time it used pamphlets and old newspapers in the toilet, so there were few people to purchase separate toilet paper purposely, and almost none popularized.

After that, the toilet paper became a huge hit by making products such as Waldorf Hotel and other enterprises, and the abolition of the toilet paper business was escaped. And at the same time as the indoor type toilet became popular in the 1900's, toilet paper finally widespread in general.

If you are going to add outdoor activities, you can pick up items that are close to you, even if you do not have anything on hand. However, indoor private toilet requires dedicated equipment for installation ...... It is a place where everyone is keenly aware of modern people who are used to using toilet paper. For that reason, the spread of indoor type toilets has expanded the market for toilet paper.


The type that the hole is opened in the center like the one now used is manufactured by the Albany Perforating Wrapping Paper Company in 1877 and the scott paper company was followed in 1879 two years later . After that, Northern Tissue sold "free-to-cut" toilet paper. It is inferred that the paper made by the production technology at the time was hard to break just as this selling clip went through.

And in 1942, St. Andrew 's paper factory began producing double - sided toilet paper, which is equivalent to double at the present time. And when it began to enter the 1990's, the times have reached a circle once again "Toilet paper moistened with aloe ingredients" has appeared, each advertised as "a tremendous innovative product". It is sarcastitic that products that were not seen when it was launched in 1857 are popular in later times, but Joseph Gayetty may have preempted the era too much.

In Japan, toilet paper was first asked for hotels and Western-style buildings after Meiji Restoration. At that time, there was no thing called toilet paper in the country, so it seems that it was importing. It seems that the beginning of publication of newspapers has been active in spreading paper in the middle period of the Meiji era (late 1800 's) and almost the same time as Europe and the United States, which has been widely used widely since then.

From around 1954 when the sewer works became full-fledged, the toilet changed from the pumping type to the water washing type, from the Japanese style toilet to the Western style toilet, and along with that, the manufacturer who made the non-water soluble non-water toilet paper made the toilet paper It is said that it started. It was during the late Taisho era that toilet paper was produced in Japan, but unlike now it is difficult to melt due to poor water absorption, so it seems he used it with hands because it was hard.