Japan: A man suffering from uvula disease (infection of the soft palate) playing a game of Go with a woman as another woman watches. Handscroll painting from the Yamai no Soshi (Yamai Zoshi) or 'diseases scroll', mid-12th century CE.
Japan: A man suffering from uvula disease (infection of the soft palate) playing a game of Go with a woman as another woman watches. Handscroll painting from the Yamai no Soshi (Yamai Zoshi) or 'diseases scroll', mid-12th century CE.
Japan: A man suffering from uvula disease (infection of the soft palate) playing a game of Go with a woman as another woman watches. Handscroll painting from the Yamai no Soshi (Yamai Zoshi) or 'diseases scroll', mid-12th century CE.
. The Shihon choshoku yamai no soshi ('Diseases and Deformities', Á¥ôÊúËëóËâÁóÖËçâÁ¥ô) is a late Heian (12th century) hand scroll (emakimono) consisting of colour paintings on paper that has, at some time, been cut into ten separate sections. They are preserved in the Kyoto National Museum and are listed as a National Treasure of Japan.
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