Drawing of internal body organs

Drawing of internal body organs

This image is from volume one showing the zàng-fǔ (臟腑) organs in human body. The term zàng (臟) refers to the organs considered to be yin in nature and the picture shows all five organs – Heart(心), Liver(肝), Spleen(脾), Lung(肺), Kidney(腎). The term fǔ (腑) refers to the yang organs and the picture shows only three of them – Small Intestine(小腸), Large Intestine(大腸) and Stomach(胃), it doesn’t include Gall Bladder(膽), Urinary Bladder(膀胱) and San jiao (triple burner 三焦). In traditional Chinese medicine, Zang-fu organs have all the essential functions of human body.

Chen Shigong 陳實功(1555-1636)

Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University

Takemura Kahe (武村嘉兵衞)

1791

[Drawing of internal body organs from Sinkan Geka Seiso, 新刊外科正宗, Vol. I], Chen, Shigong, and Gengai Ogino. Shinkan Geka seisō 新刊外科正宗. Kōto [Kyoto]: Hayashi Gonbē, 1791. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.