MS Japanese 64

A guidebook to drawing the Fourteen Meridians and the pulses on the human body prior to acupuncture by Ryūunken; it uses colours that correspond with the colour of the internal organ with a detailed explanation of the location of each acupuncture point. It is written in katakana-majiri script and was published in Kyoto in 1699. The subtitle to this work, Jūshikei keibiki no ben, meaning 'On the drawing of the Fourteen Meridians', shows that it is based on the Shisijing fahui by Hua Shou (1304–86), a physician of the Yuan dynasty.

Japan, 1699

Material: paper; 2冊 | 2 volumes; binding dimensions: height 228mm, width 168mm, depth 32mm