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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Otsubo Hon School veterinary manuscripts
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 84069
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(12 volumes in one box)
Date: 1800s
Abstract: A collection of eight veterinary medical texts in twelve volumes, providing instructions for the care and treatment of Japanese
military horses.
Language of Material: Materials are in Japanese.
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[Identification of item]. Otsubo Hon School veterinary manuscripts, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., August 2022.
The Otsubo Hon School was one of the most important schools in Japan for Bajutsu, the Japanese form of military equestrianism.
It was an offshoot of the Otsubo School, founded by Chikara Sadayasu Saito (1657-1744) in the 18th century. The school not
only taught riding skills and mounted sword-fighting, but also the care and upkeep of horses.
These manuscripts consist of eight veterinary medical works in twelve separate bound volumes. The volumes cover a variety
of topics about the care and feeding of military horses including their physiology, medical treatments for diseases and injuries,
including acupuncture, and their diet, including what to feed horses before battle. Several of the volumes contain illustrations.
They are probably from the Late Edo Period.
Processed by Brooke M. Black, September 2022.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Horses -- Diseases -- Treatment
Horses -- Japan
Horses -- Physiology
Lameness in horses
Veterinary medicine -- Japan
Manuscripts (documents) -- Japan -- 19th century