Da Cheng Zao Xiang Gong De Jing In Japanese Daijo Zozo Kudoku Kyo Creation Of The Statue A Pious Act

by Trans Tiyunbanruo In Sanskrit Or Devendraprajna

$25,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

ca. 1615-40. 14; 13 folding leaves. Two parts in one vol. Large 8vo, cont. or later dark wrappers dyed with persimmon juice shibubiki , new stitching. Japan, probably Kyoto: printed with moveable types, ca. 1615-40 . A very rare edition printed with moveable types, apparently unrecorded in the standard bibliographies, of the story — or legend — of the creation of the first statue of Siddhartha Gautama or Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.

• Binding: Wrappers

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