Russian Flu: Juggernaut of the 1890s

A cartoon printed in the French satirical magazine Le Grelot in January 1890.

After first appearing in Bukhara, the Russian flu roared around the globe.

A sign reading Hisamatsu rusu (Hisamatsu is out) on the eaves of a house. (Courtesy of the Kōtō City Fukagawa Edo Museum)