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. 2012 Dec 30;37(1):59–80. doi: 10.1007/s11013-012-9297-4

Illustration 1.

Illustration 1

Fourteen courtesans inside the abdomen 十四傾城腹の内 (58–59) (Fourteen courtesans inside the abdomen (by Shiba 1793) is a parody of the acupuncture text Japanese annotation of the fourteen vessels 十四経絡発揮和解 by Okamoto Ippōshi 岡本一抱子, which is a commentary on Annotation of fourteen vessels 十四経発揮, a Chinese acupuncture text of the Yuan period by Hua Poren 滑伯仁)