Yoshikatsu: Medical Image of Man Receiving Moxibustion Treatment; Profound Adivice of Harmonious Unity of Five Body Parts

Artist: Utagawa Yoshikatsu 歌川芳勝 Title: Profound Adivice of Harmonious Unity of Five Body Parts 五體和合心すい*の教訓 (gotai wagô shinsai no kyôkun)  Date: 1862/5 A Gulliver-like townsman fills the lower design, his expression rather resigned as he tucks up his sleeve for a medical treatment.  From his left side, six demon-like figures on a cloud appear on the rightmost sheet; they carry sharp weapons and two carry what look like blood vessels. They bear sour expressions.  On the left sheet another four figures appear emanating from the head of the man; they bear helpful treatments of Traditional Chinese medicine and attend to the moxabustion treatment being applied to his leg.  Writing fills the entire background: Yoshikatsu compares the body to the teaching of five moral rules to govern human relations, gorin:  lord and vassal; father and son; husband and wife; young and old; and friends. The text roughly says: The face, kao is like -----, the back, senaka is like wife, both hands, ryôte are li