Shinji hiroku.
鍼治秘録.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Shimizu, Asaemon, creator.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Acupuncture--Early works to 1800.

Acupuncture.

Medicine, Chinese--Japan--Early works to 1800.

Medicine, Chinese.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

treatises

Manuscripts, Japanese -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Possible ownership stamps in red ink (front cover, f. 1r, 9v).

Sold by Jonathan A. Hill (New York), 2024.

Physical Description:

9 leaves : paper ; 207 x 145 mm bound to 207 x 145 mm.

Place of Publication:

[Ehime-ken, Japan], 1796

Language Note:

Japanese.

Summary:

Acupuncture treatments for 35 medical conditions, including diseases of the heart, throat, and lungs; dermatological, dental, intestinal, reproductive, and obstetrical issues; cholera and gonorrhea; and pediatric illnesses. The text also includes information on resuscitating drowned people and instruction on pressure points, methods of treatment, and inserting needles in veins (Hill). The characters 服部明佐 appear on the inside and outside of the back cover. Minor worm damage, more in leaves and wrapper at the end of the volume.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger; title information is also probably written on the bottom edge of the manuscript.

Foliation: Paper, 9 double sheet folios; [1-9], modern foliation in pencil, lower left recto.

Layout: Written in 8 columns.

Script: Written in Chinese script with Japanese furigana and kaeriten.

Binding: Original (18th-century) paper wrappers with modern sewing.

Origin: Written based on information orally transmitted by Shimizu Asaemon near Imabari Castle (now in Ehime-ken, Japan), September 1796 (f. 1v, 9v; Hill).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Cited as:

Shinji hiroku (Ms. Codex 2205). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1450872759

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