Kokoku meiiden [Biography of Eminent Physicians of Japan].
52; 32; 36 folding leaves. Three vols. 8vo, orig. aubergine patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto, Osaka, Edo, & Nagano: latest Preface: Izumoji Bunjiro et al., 1878.
Second edition (1st ed.: 1851 or 1852). “Koretsune or Ritsuen or Sohaku Asada (1813-1894) was a famous physician and a prolific writer on a variety of subjects in Japanese medicine, best known, perhaps, for his work entitled Kokoku meiiden (n.d.), a biographical dictionary of famous Japanese physicians of an earlier time, which also contained a list of works relating to the history of medicine in Japan. Asada began the study of medicine... More