Author: Li Shizhen æ�Žæ™‚ç��原; translated by Shirai KÅ�tarÅ� 白井å-‰å¤ªéƒŽ, Suzuki Masaumi 鈴æoe¨çoeŸæµ·ç›£, et al.
Title: (Shinchå« Kå�Tei) Kokuyaku Honzå� Kå�Moku (新註校定) åoe‹è­¯æOe¬è�‰ç¶±ç›® (Also Honså� Kå�Moku), 15 Vols
Description: 1973. (ShinchÅ« KÅ�tei) Kokuyaku HonzÅ� KÅ�moku (新註校定) åoe‹è­¯æoe¬è�‰ç¶±ç›® (also HonsÅ� KÅ�moku), 15 vols [Bencao Gangmu - Materia Medica], by Li Shizhen æ�Žæ™‚ç��原; translated by Shirai KÅ�tarÅ� 白井å-‰å¤ªéƒŽ, Suzuki Masaumi 鈴æoe¨çoeŸæµ·ç›£, et al Shunyodo 春陽堂, publisher ShÅ�wa 48 [1973] 15 volumes, bound Western-style in decorated cloth over boards in slipcases. The late 16th century Chinese "Materia Medica" Bencao Gangmu was originally written by botanist Li Shizhen æ�Žæ™‚ç��原 (1518-1593) and imported into Japan by the early 17th century. The first Japanese edition HonzÅ� KÅ�moku æoe¬è�‰ç¶±ç›® appeared in 1637, the definitive enlarged Japanese edition in 1714, with native Japanese plants added. The Edo era versions were printed in classical Chinese with diacritical marks (kanbun 漢文) to aid the Japanese reader. This set at hand was translated into modern postwar Japanese and is thus useful to a contemporary Japanese audience. The binding decorations are after designs by the famous artist Tsuda SeifÅ« 津田é�’楓 (1880-1978), here still in excellent, clean condition. Complete. One of the most important guides to the medicinal uses of plants in East Asia. .

Keywords: Japan and East Asia


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