Manuscript on paper, entitled on upper wrapper: “Ono Ranzan Ninjin ko” “Ono Ranzan’s Thoughts about Ginseng”

by Ranzan Ono

$750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

18 folding leaves. 8vo 246 x 167 mm. , orig. wrappers, orig. stitching. Japan : Meiji. This appears to be the text of the notes on ginseng recorded by a disciple of Ranzan Ono. We know that Ono’s final writings were on this herb, composed on his deathbed. Ranzan Ono 1729-1810 , was considered the “Linnaeus of Japan.” He started a school of botanical pharmacology in Kyoto, which, over the years, graduated more than 1000 students.

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