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From Valverde to Kulmus: Tracing the Western origins of Kaitai Shinsho's frontispiece design in early modern Japanese medicine. [PDF]

Anat Sci Educ
Abstract This study investigates the intriguing choice of frontispiece design in Kaitai Shinsho (1774), the first systematic Japanese translation of a Western anatomical text. While the main content of Kaitai Shinsho was translated from Johann Adam Kulmus's “Ontleedkundige Tafelen” (1734), its frontispiece notably deviates from Kulmus's original design,
Yu CH, Sato T.
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eCAM: Proteomics, BioArt and Integrative Medicine? [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2010
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 1-2, 2010.
Cooper EL.
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History and progress of Japanese acupuncture. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2010
After Chiso brought acupuncture to Japan from Wu (China) in the sixth century, it has progressed in unique ways within the various historical milieus of the past 1500 years. Ishitsu‐rei, the first medical law of Japan established in 701, explains the medical system of acupuncture in detail showing that acupuncture was being administered under the ...
Kobayashi A, Uefuji M, Yasumo W.
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Western medicine and Japanese Kampo medicine are in a complementary relationship — Stillness and movement are beautifully harmonized in Japanese Kampo medicine

Traditional &Kampo Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 97-102, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective This review is a general outline to have a proper understanding of Japanese Kampo medicine from my point of view. Background What is the basis of medical care? The answer is how to capture the signals emitted by the living body. In western medicine, diagnosis with a disease name is required for medical therapy to acquire a medical ...
Koichiro Tatsumi
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Quantitative history studies on China: State capacity, institutions, culture and human capital from prehistoric times to the present

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 128-144, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Volumes of historical archives in China have been digitised, from which various datasets have been constructed for scholarly inquiry. Furthermore, the excavation of thousands of archaeological sites provided detailed data about prehistoric development across China's landmass.
Zhiwu Chen, Chicheng Ma
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Yoshio Gonnosuke and His Comparative Dutch‐Japanese Syntax: Glimpses at the Unpublished Second Part of Siebold's “Epitome Linguae Japonicae”**

Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 54-75, March 2023., 2023
Abstract After outlining the life and works of interpreter Yoshio Gonnosuke, this paper introduces the manuscript witnesses of his hitherto unstudied comparative Dutch–Japanese syntax written in the mid‐1820s, which was modelled on Pieter Weiland's Nederduitsche spraakkunst (1805).
Sven Osterkamp
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Inspired by surimono: Integrating photography and poetry to bring plants into focus

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 136-142, March 2022., 2022
Plants are our sources of oxygen, food, medicines, clothing, building materials, fuels. They are part of our history, our trade, our imaginations. Here we investigate the potential for integration of photographs and poetry to bring plants to life and let them tell their stories, inspired by the ancient Japanese woodprint artform, surimono.
Robert Coe, Nicholas M. Lee, Anne Osbourn   +2 more
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The Aura of the Local in Chinese Anthropology: Grammars, Media and Institutions of Attention Management

Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 69-82, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Since the late Qing dynasty, Chinese scholars have confronted the challenges of indigenisation: what are the limits of (Western) universalism, and how can social science, history, and anthropology become ‘Chinese’? This article deals with a series of Chinese ‘native anthropologies’, from Republican‐era outlines of ethnology and anthropology ...
Hans Steinmüller
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Big Transfer Learning for Fine Art Classification

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Automatic classification and retrieval of fine art collections have received much attention in recent years. In this article, we explore the applicability of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for art‐related image classification tasks. To examine how hyperparameters affect model performance, we use different hyperparameters in our experiments and ...
Wentao Zhao, Wei Jiang, Xinguo Qiu, Anastasios D. Doulamis   +3 more
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Reproduction and Revitalization: Value Feedback, Practice, and Exploration Based on the IPA Model

Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Intangible cultural heritage has a unique value. It is very important to evaluate and discover the value of intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, referring to the relevant references of countries around the world, this paper compares the research status of countries around the world with the development trend of China’s intangible cultural heritage,
Lingling Xiao, Baiyuan Ding
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