The first eleven leaves of this manuscript contain nine richly hand colored drawings of abdominal organs with accompanying text. The illustrations are of the dissected body of Hsi fan Ou, a dissident Chinese leader who was captured and executed in 1045 along with many of his accomplices. His body was received by several doctors who dissected and...
Creator:
Kajiwara, Seizen, approximately 1265-approximately 1337
Contributor:
Asai, Shūhaku, 1643-1705
Created:
1550? - 1650?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.