J.: Myokyo mongu shishi shohon yogi; Ch.: Miao jing wen ju si zhi zhu pin yao yi; Selections from the Lotus Sutra with My Commentaries & Summaries of Miscellaneous Works

by Chih Yun

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Ten columns per page, 18 characters per column. 49; 55 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo 280 x 198 mm. , orig. brown wrappers upper cover of Vol. I somewhat soiled, wrappers of Vol. II a little wormed , new stitching. Japan, perhaps on Mount Hiei: ca. 1600-40 . An extremely rare movable type edition; not in Kawase or Sorimachi. WorldCat locates only a copy, at Kyoto University. Our copy comes from the famous collection of Toshie Obama with his seal at

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