Satsubyo shinan [Ch.: Cha bing zhi nan; Directory for Diagnosing Diseases].
33 small woodcuts in the text. Single line borders at top & bottom of each page; double-line borders on each side of page. Ten columns; 19 characters per column. All columns of text divided by lines. 52 folding leaves. Three parts in one vol. (with consecutive pagination). Large 8vo (282 x 200 mm.), orig. wrappers stained dark brown with fermented persimmon juice (wrappers rubbed & tired), new stitching. [Japan]: a gozan-ban of the late Muromachi era (16th century).
The third-earliest medical book to be printed in Japan. This is an extremely rare, late Muromachi-era edition (a gozan-ban, with no copy... More