Jūshi keiraku hakki wage 十四經絡發揮和解 [十四経絡発揮和解]

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  • Reference
      GB 59 16029.b.5
  • Dates of Creation
      1693
  • Language of Material
      Japanese
  • Physical Description
      1 volume Condition: Fair to good. Some worm damage, chiefly in margins. Impression: A tozuri from worn blocks. Illustrations: An introductory section (furoku 附録) precedes maki 1, containing 24 single-page sumizuri anatomical sketches showing acupuncture points. According to a note on the last of these, they were drawn by the author Ippō 一抱 himself. A further 12 full-page figure sketches of a similar kind, together with many smaller diagrams, appear scattered throughout the book. Seals of ownership: Square red seal (unidentified) on last page of maki 1, 2 and 6.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Jūshi keiraku wagoshō 十四經絡和語抄 [十四経絡和語抄]. Author/compiler: Hua Shou 滑壽, author of original Chinese work. OKAMOTO Ippō 岡本一抱, author of commentary, fl. late-17th century. Imprint: Kyōto, Kosaji Han'emon, Genroku 6, 1693. Kanki on fol. 41a of maki 6 reads: 元禄六年癸酉正月吉辰 ／ 京師書肆･･･ 小佐治半右衛門宗貞板行. Description: 6 kan, formerly in 4 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 1) ff. 3, 13, 25; (2) ff. 48; (3) ff. 32; (4) ff. 40; (5) ff. 34; (6) ff. 41. 25.3 x 18.5 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.3 x 17.4 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun (main text) with printed kunten, okurigana and kaeriten, and katakana-majiri text (commentary). 9 lines to page (kanbun text), 18 lines (commentary), variable no. of characters to line. Original dull blue front cover of satsu 1 only. Title slip missing. No gedai. Hashiragaki: Shinkyū wage 針灸和解 + maki no. + folio no. Edition: The only pre-modern edition known. Contents: A detailed Japanese commentary by Okamoto Ippō on the Chinese medical work Jūshi-kei hakki 十四經發揮 (Chinese: Shisi-jing fahui), a comprehensive study of the science and practice of acupuncture first printed in 1341.

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from William Anderson, 27 July 1882.

Other Finding Aids

Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). A. Chinese works 漢籍 8. Medicine 医学