15 full-page woodcut illus. 23; 31 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers (wrappers somewhat wormed), title-slips on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto: Akitaya Tōbei 秋田屋藤兵衛, 1778.

First edition of this very rare work on Chinese medicine, based on a series of lectures by Minamoto, who was probably a Kyoto physician. His disciples gathered their notes and published the present book, an introduction to traditional Chinese medicine (known in Japan as kanpo) and its slow transformation into autonomous Japanese medicine

The 24 types of pulse and their significance are described, and the differences of pulse in men and... More