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Japan: Ancient medical woodblock prints

Categories: East Asia, Japan, Arts & Culture, Health, History

Pinktentacle published [en] some images of a health-themed woodblock prints collection [1] that dates back to the 19th century. The series of 400 prints is maintained by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and “offers a unique look at Japanese medical knowledge in the late Edo and early Meiji periods.”