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"India" (天竺). Japanese illustrations of people from around the world, 1854. 外蕃容貎圖畵, 田川春道, 倉田東岳 , 1854.
https://t.co/CHnKH6jCzb
Same book: Laozi 老子 riding on an ox. Laozi is another one of my heroes. Author of the Daodejing 道德經.
https://t.co/5w6npeZyeg
Shakyamuni Buddha under the Bodhi Tree (1600-1650). https://t.co/IxDz9tzWyh
"Seven planets personified" from alchemical treatise in German dated 1543. https://t.co/SxJybHxBEy
Depictions of various types of alcohol being produced. Shiwu bencao 食物本草 (Materia dietetica). Ming period (1368-1644). https://t.co/pE5wyPjiCM
Collecting various types of water for medical applications. Ming Dynasty materia medica. Wellcome Collection. https://t.co/lFJm9usczS
@Mairemasco Yes, Kṛttikā is ruled by Agni. Āśleṣā (柳宿) is ruled by Śeṣa. Some Chinese iconography even reflects this. Here is the latter. I've found a lot searching through SAT (in Japanese/Chinese). https://t.co/bpZ4u5UnmL
Chinese Materia Dietetica: Rice liquor; Guangxi snake liquor. https://t.co/ADi51xu6vQ
Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs, late 12th–early 13th century, Iran. NYC Met.
https://t.co/tZkUWqiYsf
Production of alcohol in around 15th/16th century. "Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Alcoholic beverages." Wellcome Collection.