Chinese woodcut: Spirit of the lung

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Chinese woodcut: Spirit of the lung. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Woodcut illustration from Shenti sancai tuhui (Coloured Illustrations of the Body), by the Ming (1368 - 1644) author Wang Siyi. The spirit of the lung is depicted in the form of a tiger.

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PICTURE TITLE: Illustration of the spirit of the lung

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