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Verlag: unknown, 2007
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A nice, clean copy. Minor shelf wear may be present due to storage. Pages/covers clean.
Verlag: Tokyo, The Japan P.E.N. Club., 1973
Anbieter: Manfred Nosbuesch, Kuchenheim, Deutschland
2 vols. 4°. XVI, 657; 602pp. Orig. cloth.
Verlag: Japan: [Nara period, c.760]
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
A scarce and outstandingly preserved volume, with a pleasing provenance, from an early Japanese manuscript of one of the core texts of Mahayana Buddhism. Ritualized copying of sutras was key to both Buddhist devotional practice and the religion's spread across East Asia. This example was brushed by a skilled scribe midway through the Nara period (710-784), a golden age of sutra copying, in a style evoking sixth-century Chinese calligraphic traditions. The Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Sanskrit: Mahaprajnaparamita sutra) is a 600-volume collection of 16 different sutras, including the Diamond Sutra, each traditionally believed to represent teachings conveyed by the Buddha to a different assembly of followers. The sutra expands on the idea that the path to finding one's true self lies in detachment from the vanity of everything. The collection was first translated into Chinese by the Tang dynasty monk Xuanzang (602-664) and subsequently introduced into Japan. From modest beginnings, by the Nara period Buddhism in Japan enjoyed significant state support, with high levels of royal and aristocratic sponsorship. "Sutra transcription became a widespread Buddhist ritual. and was central to ritual activities at Todaiji [a temple in the capital] and the provincial temples" (Deal & Ruppert, p. 59): research suggests that government-backed scriptoria transcribed almost 100,000 scrolls, an indication of their karmic value. In 712, a copy - known as the "Wado Sutra" - of the Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom in Chinese was commissioned by the imperial minister Lord Nagaya as a memorial to Emperor Monmu (683-707), with the text brushed in columns of 17 characters in a calligraphic style of China's Sui dynasty (581-618). The present example is from a copy of the Wado manuscript, the paper suggesting a dating of around 760. The oldest extant complete Japanese manuscript can be dated back to 686, and thus Nara manuscripts are culturally significant. Most famous in the Western auction context are the "hyakumanto" manuscripts housed in wooden pagodas, with five of these traced in sales in the past three and a half decades. Except for hyakumanto, the last traceable copy of a Nara manuscript in a Western auction is a volume from a 730 transcription of the Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom auctioned at Christie's in 1988. Within Japan, the care bestowed on manuscripts by Buddhist temples throughout history has ensured that many examples survive in institutions including the Kyoto National Museum and the Nara National Museum. Provenance: The Isseido Booksellers, Japan; Colin Franklin (1923-2020), the distinguished British bibliographer and author of Exploring Japanese books and scrolls (1999); private collection, UK. William E. Deal & Brian Ruppert, A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism, 2015. Slim octavo (235 x 90 mm). Japanese manuscript scroll on hemp and papyrifera paper, 17 Chinese characters per column, sometime relined and converted into concertina with orange paper covers. Housed in recent custom blue cloth folding case with manuscript title label. Occasional worming pre- and post-dating conversion to concertina, characters only slightly affected, couple of faint tidemarks, old repairs on verso with orange paper. An excellent example.
Verlag: Kodansha America, 1983
ISBN 10: 0870115472ISBN 13: 9780870115479
Anbieter: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES first edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
Anbieter: Antiquariat Tröger, Lörrach, Deutschland
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Paperback. Zustand: Good Condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dustjacket. 36 pages; good and clean condtion;
Verlag: 1930 -1931., 1930
Anbieter: Asia Bookroom ANZAAB/ILAB, Canberra, ACT, Australien
A collection of 12 attractive, quite varied, 1930s merchant merchant catalogues and advertisements from the Osaka region. Some occasional creasing, marking or browning but all in their original wrappers and together making a delightful and fascinating collection reflecting pre-WWII Japanese consumers' desires. Very good condition. This collection of brochures is a showcase of consumer culture in 1930s Osaka. It includes two illustrated catalogue magazines produced by the Osaka branch of the Mitsukoshi Department Store in 1930 and 1931, and a delightfully illustrated catalogue of top winter fashions from the Osaka Daimaru and Takashimaya Department Stores, published in 1930 and 1931. All those department stores were regarded as high-fashion and luxury item retailers. There is also a 1930s advertisement for the Chuo Shokudo (Central Refectory) advertisement on Sakaisuji Street in central Osaka, which offers customers western style meals from 10 sen and small dishes from 5 sen (very reasonable prices for the period), and a very attractively designed advertisement from Takashimaya Department Store (Osaka) for its range of end-of-year presents, including a map showing the lay-out of the store and a delightful art deco cover design. A brochure of Hanwa Dentetsu (railway line between Osaka and Wakayama) shows autumn events and attractions for families, including digging for sweet potato.