Dewa Taijo Hoshi Ningyo Nenbutsu Den Biography Of Taijo Of Dewa Teacher Of The Dharma His Practice

by Getsusen Or Gessen

$1,350 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Five full-page woodcuts. 51; 58 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Japan : 1737? An illustrated record of the truly gruesome sacrifices made by the Pure Land monk Taijō 1685-1731 . He began studying Buddhism in 1715 and in 1719 decided to become a monk, leaving his wife and child as well as his elderly mother. Following the example of the master who initiated

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