Abstract
Objectives : Sinhyeongjangbudo found in Dongeuibogam is one of the most unique picture of viscera and bowels, or picture of internal body, produced in East Asia, but there has been no cohedrent explanation based on historical data as to how the details of the pictures were composed. This paper attempted to provide just that for each part in the Sinhyeongjangbudo. Methods : Sinhyeongjangbudo found in Dongeuibogam Side view picture found in the Wanbinghuichun, which is the jangbudo that is the closest to Sinhyeongjangbudo, and the Yishengjieti's jangbudo were compared for their compilation periods to follow the path via which Sinhyeongjangbudo was created. Results : Comparing the above three sets of pictures of viscera and bowels revealed that Yishengjieti's pictures were simplified and Wanbinghuichun's side view pictures contained many errors. The Sinhyeongjangbudo found in Dongeuibogam was the result of correcting the errors of the side view picture while maintaining the simplification. Conclusions : Sinhyeongjangbudo is the simplification based on Wanbinghuichun's side view pictures with corrections.