Scientific Illustration

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Anatomy illustrations from Edo-period Japan, 1603-1868

_Kaishi hen. Kawaguchi Shinnin Shien cho. [“Complete notes on the dissection of cadavers”] is an anatomical atlas by japanese Kawaguchi Shinnin (1736-1811) with woodcut illustrations by Aoki Shukuya (d. 1802), published in Kyoto in 1772.