Namisō Hōshi kai keiyo fu shi no zu :
Fu sai sanjūshichi, furoki tōkotsu zenkotsu ena sōhō no zu.

浪苍芳島解刑餘婦屍之圖 : 婦歲三十七附錄頭骨全骨胞衣雙胞之圖

Description

Related Names

Abo, Ikkan.
Ōya, Shōsai
Fuseya, Soteki, 1747-1811.
Kagami, Bunken, 1755-1819.
Namisō, Hōshi

Language(s)

Japanese

Published

Naniwa [Osaka] : [publisher not identified], [19th century]

Subjects

Medicine in art.
Human anatomy.
Anatomy, Artistic.
Anatomy.
anatomy.
Anatomie artistique.
Anatomie.
Médecine dans l'art > Médecine dans l'art / Ouvrages illustrés.
Anatomie artistique > Anatomie artistique / Ouvrages illustrés.
Anatomie humaine > Anatomie humaine / Ouvrages illustrés.
Animal Structures
Medicine in the Arts
Anatomy, Artistic
Anatomy
Anatomy, Artistic.
Anatomy.
Medicine in art > Medicine in art / Pictorial works.
Anatomy, Artistic > Anatomy, Artistic / Pictorial works.
Human anatomy > Human anatomy / Pictorial works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
illustrated books.
Pictorial Work

Summary

Illustrated manuscript scroll depicting the dissection of a pregnant 37 year old woman, a convicted felon, with 46 dramatic illustrations in color. Every illustration contains manuscript notes explaining what is shown.

Note

Vendor's description of this item is attached.
Title "Kansei fujin kaibōzu" devised by cataloguer based on vendor's description.
Title from item.
"The present scroll is one of a very few copies of a famous and important dissection which took place in 1800 under the supervison of physicians Soteki Fuseya (1748-1812), a well-known anatomist; Shosai Oya, a gynecologist of Osaka; and Bunken Kagani (1755-1819), the prominent orthopedist who wrote a number of books on orthopedic treatments and osteology." (information from vendor).

Physical Description

1 scroll : ink and watercolor on hōsho paper, 46 dramatic illustrations ; 912 x 27 cm

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