Manuscript on paper, entitled on label on upper cover: “Washin ninjin ko” “Thoughts about Japanese & Chinese Ginseng”

by Ginseng

$1,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Five brush & black ink drawings of ginseng. 10 folding leaves. Small 8vo, orig. wrappers, new stitching. Japan : mid- to late-Edo. An attractive manuscript that describes the types of Chinese ginseng cultivated in Japan and the plants’ medicinal qualities. There are a number of references to prominent Japanese herbalists including Gentatsu or Joan Matsuoka, Jakusui Ino, and Shu’an Kagawa. Fine copy.

• Binding: Wrappers

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