MATERIAL: Hand-Written/Painted
TYPE: Manuscript
DIMENSIONS: 6 3/4 X 10 inches (closed)
COMPONENTS: 100 pages, 50 have sketches & paintings
NOTES: Previously unseen and very rare, original.
ITEM ID: 1390
Horse Ailments, Superstitions & Cures
DATE
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Japanese manuscript book on horse Ailments, Superstitions and Cures. Volume has sketches and paintings of horses with various ailments, the superstitions and astrological connections explained in the text and how to treat the ailments, for example, using leeches, a concoction of frogs in sake (rice wine), pickled plums, etc.
Asia / Africa
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
