Otsubo Hon School veterinary manuscripts: Finding Aid mssHM 84069
Brooke M. Black
The Huntington Library
September 2022
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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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Preferred Citation
[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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Processing Information
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
Volume 1
Otsubo Hon ryu shinryu no maki [Introduction to the New School of Otsubo Hon]
Volume 2-3
Otsubo Hon ryu igyo taisei den no maki [Otsubo Hon School: Review of the Horse's Health]
Volume 4-6
Otsubo Hon ryu igyo yoroku no maki [Otsubo Hon School: Pharmacological Recipes & Their Use]
Volume 7-8
Otsubo Hon ryu igyo kinkaso no mak [Otsubo Hon School: Golden Flower Plants]
Volume 9
Otsubo Hon ryu igyo meido yui no maki [Otsubo Hon School: Acupuncture Treatments]
Volume 10
Otsubo Hon ryu igyo chigusa no maki [Otsubo Hon School: A Thousand Plants]
Volume 11
Otsubo Hon ryu igyo chikuyohin no maki [Otsubo Hon School: Foods for Horses]
Volume 12
Otsubo Hon ryu igyo kajitsu shu no maki [Otsubo Hon School: Flowers & Fruits for Horses]
