MS Japanese 122

An anonymous guide to the practice of acupuncture and moxibustion, written in katakana-majiri script. This copy lacks the second volume with the colophon, but the only edition of this work seems to have been published in 1685; the preface is dated 1674. The copy belonging to the Shinkyūin in Kyoto has an undated preface and a colophon (inserted by ireki, that is inserting a new text into the printing block) that reads 貞享二乙丑年十月良辰／大坂心斎橋筋呉服町角／𦊆田三郎右衛門刋. There is no indication of the name of the author in this book. In 1699 Okamoto Ippō, a popularizer of medical knowledge, published a Japanese version under the title Shinkyū bassui taisei.

Japan, 1685

Material: paper; １冊 | 1 volume; binding dimensions: height 272mm, width 190mm, depth 14mm