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TANIMURA GENSEN
Jushikei Hakki Sho [Theory and Practice of Acupuncture Related to the Fourteen Bodily Tracts] [n.p. but ?Kyoto]: Manji 2 [1659]. 10 parts on native paper, each 275 x 180mm, in Chinese with 'Kana' marks to facilitate Japanese reading, numerous woodcut illustrations and tables. Original blue wrappers and title slips, stitched (several covers worn, particularly the first three parts, stitching renewed for parts 6,7 and 9). In modern blue cloth box.
AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE WORK ON ACUPUNTURE, the first Japanese edition (with additions) of the Chinese classic work on the subject Shisijing fahui written in 1341 by Hua Shou (1304-1386). The concept of acupuncture for healing was first discussed in the ancient Chinese medical text 'Huang di Nei Dung' over 2000 years ago, developing as the major technique of Chinese and Japanese healing. This work by Gensen is the first comprehensive edition of the classic Chinese text for acupuncture for a Japanese audience. The illustrations include figures, points and instruments. Cf. Lu Gwei-Dien and J. Needham. A History of Acupuncture and Moxa. London: 2002. (10)
Jushikei Hakki Sho [Theory and Practice of Acupuncture Related to the Fourteen Bodily Tracts] [n.p. but ?Kyoto]: Manji 2 [1659]. 10 parts on native paper, each 275 x 180mm, in Chinese with 'Kana' marks to facilitate Japanese reading, numerous woodcut illustrations and tables. Original blue wrappers and title slips, stitched (several covers worn, particularly the first three parts, stitching renewed for parts 6,7 and 9). In modern blue cloth box.
AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE WORK ON ACUPUNTURE, the first Japanese edition (with additions) of the Chinese classic work on the subject Shisijing fahui written in 1341 by Hua Shou (1304-1386). The concept of acupuncture for healing was first discussed in the ancient Chinese medical text 'Huang di Nei Dung' over 2000 years ago, developing as the major technique of Chinese and Japanese healing. This work by Gensen is the first comprehensive edition of the classic Chinese text for acupuncture for a Japanese audience. The illustrations include figures, points and instruments. Cf. Lu Gwei-Dien and J. Needham. A History of Acupuncture and Moxa. London: 2002. (10)
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