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[JAPANESE MEDICINE]. GENTOKU (or Motonori Tamba). Ko Kei Saikynho. 1789. Numeorous woodcut illustrations. 3 volumes, stitched wrappers with cover labels, some foxing (occasionally affecting text and illustrations); housed in cloth folding box. FIRST EDITION.
Written by Gentoku (1732-1801), who was also known as Rankei Taki, the Ko Kei Saikynho was compiled at the specific command of the Shogun Iyeharu, before his death in 1786, for the promulgation of medical knowledge among the common people. It describes how to remedy maladies of various kinds without the help of a physician. Of interest in this general medical "handbook" is an illustration of the most famous of all moxa spots, called "sanri," with detailed directions telling how to "know" it. (3)
Written by Gentoku (1732-1801), who was also known as Rankei Taki, the Ko Kei Saikynho was compiled at the specific command of the Shogun Iyeharu, before his death in 1786, for the promulgation of medical knowledge among the common people. It describes how to remedy maladies of various kinds without the help of a physician. Of interest in this general medical "handbook" is an illustration of the most famous of all moxa spots, called "sanri," with detailed directions telling how to "know" it. (3)