Four printed acupuncture hanging scrolls of ink and colour on paper, each depicting the front, left side, back or right side of a figure. Each is marked with acupuncture points, labelled in Chinese and highlighted in colour. An introduction is printed at the top of the frontal chart attributing it to have been written in the Xinchou year of the Wanli period, 1601.
acupuncture charts
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