MS Japanese 28

Manuscript in hiragana-majiri with illustrations of acupuncture points and of various conditions of the eye with an explanation of the diseases this indicated. The manuscript was copied in 1816. The Seiganryū school of ophtalmology, usually known as the Majumaryū and possible creator of this text, was founded by Majima Seigan (died.1379), who was the first abbot of the Iōzan Yakushiji temple in Owari province following its refoundation; every subsequent abbot was a practising ophthalmologist and the tradition has survived into the twentieth century. This was a secret tradition, communicated orally and in manuscript form.

Japan, 1816

Material: paper; 1冊 | 1 volume; binding dimensions: height 272mm, width 195mm, depth 13mm

松浦玄駿 | Matsuura Genshun