Taima mandara jusshōki 當麻曼陀羅述奬記 Record of the Narration and Bestowal of the Taima Mandala

by Gizan 義山

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65 full-page & four double-page woodcuts. 32; 57; 53; 59 folding leaves. Four vols. 8vo, orig. gray wrappers wrappers a little tired , orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto: Sawada Kichizaemon 澤田吉左衞門, 1703.Rare edition of this guide to a famous Japanese Pure Land mandala. In the Preface to our book, dated 1702 Genroku 15 , Gizan recounts how his old friend, the lay believer Mujin 無塵, who had obtained a

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