MS Japanese 76

This book contains printed colour illustrations of tongues in various states illustrative of internal disorders. It is partly based upon, and cites from, two Chinese works on the diagnostic value of tongues: one is Shang han she jian 傷寒舌鑑 by Zhang Deng 張登 (fl. 18th century) and the other is Ao shi shang han jin jing lu 敖氏傷寒金鏡錄 by Ao Jigong 敖繼公. The author of this book, Tsuchida Mōsai (also known as Joan; 1765-1837), published several other medical texts but the details of his life are unknown. The colophon contains details of some other works of his, but the last two, although listed as ‘forthcoming’, appear never to have been published.

Japan, 1835

Material: paper; 1冊 | 1 volume; binding dimensions: height 229mm, width 171mm, depth 20mm