Hikanyakuōen (Medicine for the liver and spleen)

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Hikanyakuōen ["Medicine for the liver and spleen"]

Ishida, Katsuhide [produced by].

Kyōto: Ishida Katsuhide, [revised in Meiji 28 (1895)].

A colour woodblock-printed leaf featuring information on Hikanyakuōen, a type of medicine claimed by the manufacturers to cure various issues with internal organs. The symptoms pictured in the lower half of the print are provided as examples of diseases that the medicine can supposedly ameliorate. Prices for packets of the medicine are included in the bottom-right.

One loose colour woodblock-printed leaf, complete. Folds, a few marks. 38 x 51 cm. 

Hikanyakuōen (Medicine for the liver and spleen)
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