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Body measurements, back view, Chinese woodcut, 1443
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Lettering: Image title: Fu ren chicun (measurements [chi and cun] on the prone body) Other lettering: From the back of the ear to wangu (the mastoid process) is 9 cun. From the cranium (i.e. the centre of the anterior hairline) to the nape is 1 chi. From the corner [of the skull] to zhugu (the Column Bone -- spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra) is also 1 chi. From the nape to the backbone (i.e. the 1st prominent spinal process) is 2½ cun. From the elbow to the wrist is 1 chi 2½ cun. From the wrist to the proximal joint (nuckle?) of the middle finger is 4 cun. From the proximal joint to the distal joint of the middle finger is 4½ cun. From the shoulder to the elbow is 1 chi 7 cun. The 11 sections of the backbone down to the coccyx measure 3 chi. The circumference of the waist is 4 chi 2 cun. From the post-patellar fossa to the instep is 1 chi 2 cun. From the knee down to the external malleolus is 1 chi 6 cun. From jinggu (the proximal part of the 5th metatarsal bone?) to the ground is 1 cun.
Title: Body measurements, back view, Chinese woodcut, 1443
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Lettering: Image title: Fu ren chicun (measurements [chi and cun] on the prone body) Other lettering: From the back of the ear to wangu (the mastoid process) is 9 cun.
From the cranium (i.
e.
the centre of the anterior hairline) to the nape is 1 chi.
From the corner [of the skull] to zhugu (the Column Bone -- spinous process of the 7th cervical vertebra) is also 1 chi.
From the nape to the backbone (i.
e.
the 1st prominent spinal process) is 2½ cun.
From the elbow to the wrist is 1 chi 2½ cun.
From the wrist to the proximal joint (nuckle?) of the middle finger is 4 cun.
From the proximal joint to the distal joint of the middle finger is 4½ cun.
From the shoulder to the elbow is 1 chi 7 cun.
The 11 sections of the backbone down to the coccyx measure 3 chi.
The circumference of the waist is 4 chi 2 cun.
From the post-patellar fossa to the instep is 1 chi 2 cun.
From the knee down to the external malleolus is 1 chi 6 cun.
From jinggu (the proximal part of the 5th metatarsal bone?) to the ground is 1 cun.
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