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Arrangement of the Chinese Characters according to an Alphabetical System with Japanese Dictionary of 8000 Characters and List of 22000 Charakters.

1916rif. SB-13568Tokyo, Kobunsha, 1916. 15, (546) pp. Green clothbound (original) volume with gold-embossed title along spine and blind-tooled publisher's mark on front. Illustrated endpaper with floral ornamentation. Famous study of Russian Orientalist, Sinologist and scholar of Japanese Studies Otto Julius Rosenberg (1888 - 1919) on a system of classification of Chinese characters. Rosenberg studied from 1906 to 1911 at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the University of St. Petersburg, lectured by, among others, the founder of the Russian school of Indology, Sergei Oldenburg (1863 - 1934). During a study stay in Bonn in 1909, Rosenberg befriended Hermann Jacobi (1850-1937), the greatest Indologist and Sanskrit scholar of that time. As part of an internship at the Department of Oriental Languages (SOS) at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität two years later, he also befriended the German linguist and scholar of Japanese studies, Rudolf Lange (1850 - 1933). From 1912 to 1916 he studied Buddhist Literature and Tradition at the University of Tokyo. Here Rosenberg became acquainted with the then leading Buddhist Scholars of Japan. In the course of this stay, he explored the school of Zen Buddhism as one of the first Western scientists and also became an expert for Japanese and Chinese characters used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese. In 1924, his work "The problems of Buddhist philosophy" was published in German. Based on ideas of Russian Sinologist and Buddhologist Vasily Vasilyev (1818 - 1900), Rosenberg developed a method of classification of Chinese and Japanese characters. He published the results of his research in a dictionary which was published in English and Japanese and which formed the basis of the so-called "Four Corner Method", which is still employed today in the creation of Chinese and Japanese dictionaries. This volume is extremely rare and, according to the world's largest bibliographic database, WorldCat, it is only found in six libraries worldwide. The copy offered here was purchased from a Japanese private collection.

Das Konversations-Lexikon Antiquariat · Germania2400,00 €

Evans-Wentz, WY (Walter); [Tibetan Buddhism] W YBiblio.com

The Tibetan Book of the Dead or The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering

1927rif. 000013000Oxford: Oxford University Press 1927. First English language edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 9 x-xliv 1 2-248 pp. Green cloth with a gold design stamped on the front board the Hindu/Buddhist swastika at the center of the design gold lettering and a gold decoration on the spine; top edge gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with a double-sided frontispiece and with several plates of black and white photographs. Foreword by Sir John Woodroffe. World History Encyclopedia Joshua J. Mark "Tibetan Book of the Dead". According to the traditional story Lotus Guru Padmasambhava and a female disciple Yeshe Tsogyal wrote the texts that would become the Bardo Thodol the Tibetan Book of the Dead during the eighth century of the Common Era. The texts became lost to time until they were found and disseminated orally by Karma Lingpa in the fourteenth century. Although written as a guide to assist and comfort the dead the work has taken on a new life as a guide for the living on spiritual transformation and self-improvement. The buddhist text is divided into six sections beginning with the moment of death until the moment that the deceased soul is either reborn or breaks the cycle of reincarnation samsara. The book was intended to shepherd the recently deceased through these cycles of the intermediate stages of reality and was read aloud at funeral rites for either days or weeks at a time by a monk. It was not until the twentieth century that the work was published in English. Walter Evans-Wentz was an anthropologist and scholar of Tibet and sought Dawa-Samdup's help in translating the texts from Tibetan into English. Dawa-Samdup died in 1922 after completing the funerary section of the book and Evans-Wentz filled in the rest accourding to his own knowledge. The Tibetan Book of the Dead is an excellent example of the core tenets of Buddhism and of eastern philosophy in general. A contemporary bookplate on the front pastedown very light foxing to the title page. Overall a beautiful copy. Oxford University Press hardcover

Evening Star Books · Stati Uniti2750,00 USD≈ 2456,89 €

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Tibetan Sutra: "The Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 Lines.".

1875rif. 75492Tibet: N.p. ca. 1875. This Sutra comprises Volume 33 of the Narthang Kangyur. The dimensions including both wooden covers are 24 1/4 inches long; 6 3/8 inches wide; 4 1/2 inches high. This exemplar contains 448 leaves made of Tibetan rice paper and printed using carved wooden blocks on both recto an verso for a total of 896 pp. The leaves and the holder are in very good condition. We know that the Narthang Kangyur printing blocks were carved in the Narthang Monastery around 1730-1732. The legibility of this copy argues for a date of about 1875 but it could be as late as 1920. The upper wooden board has a nice Sanskrit inscription in Landza / Ranjana script. With the original saffron carrying cloth. A rare offering.The text is a sutra named The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines. Copies of this text are often used for devotional purposes which may be why it has not been kept with the other volumes. This particular sutra was initially translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan in the 8th century then the translation was revised in the 11th. The original composition of the Sutras is unknown. the traditional answer to this is that these sutras were spoken by the Buddha then concealed by the Nagas for centuries before being revealed by Nagarjuna in the 3-4th century. While they are usually thought of as later compositions the sutras of the Perfection of Wisdom and especially this text are interestingly among the oldest physical Buddhist manuscripts preserved. The sutra deals with a number of topics but is primarily concerned with the conduct of a bodhisattva the realiation and attainment of the Perfection of Wisdom as one of the Six Perfections the realization of thusness tath t the attainment of irreversibility on the path to buddhahood avaivartika non-conceptualisation and abandonment of views as well as the worldly and spiritual benefit of worshipping the s tra.The s tra is among the most well-established in the Mahayana tradition and "was the first philosophical text to be translated from the Mahayana literature into Chinese." It was translated seven times into Chinese9 five times into Tibetan and eight times into Mongolan. The first Tibetan edition was in the eighth century. It remains one of the most relevant of all sutras. Even the dalai Lama acknowledges it preiminence - "“Now Khyongla Rato Rinpoche and I are both students of the late Kyabje Ling Rinpoche. He is the senior student but I the younger one have the name Dalai Lama. I have a close bond with him and with Richard Gere who is a friend of mine and a friend of Tibet. They asked me to give this teaching. For many years Rinpoche has requested me to give the oral transmission of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra in 8000 lines. As we drove in from the airport yesterday he mentioned it again and I thought “Let’s start now.” The book is about 500 pages long so looking at it I feel somewhat daunted but I won’t try to read it all now I’ll just begin today.”He explained that the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras form a large part of the Buddhist scriptures. Of those sections translated into Tibetan the longest is in 100000 lines and consists of 12 volumes the version in 25000 lines is in 3 volumes this edition in 8000 lines is only one volume while the shortest sutra simply consists of the syllable ‘A’. N.p. hardcover

Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA · Stati Uniti3000,00 USD≈ 2680,25 €

CONFUCIUS (CA 551-CA 479 AVT J.-C).Livre Rare Book

LES QUATRE PILIERS DE LA SAGESSE. ILLUSTRATIONS DE JEAN GRADASSI.

1988rif. 3789NICE. EDITIONS D'ART SEFER. LE CHANT DES SPHERES. MONACO. EDITIONS ARTS ET COULEURS. 1988-1990. 2 VOLUMES IN-FOLIO DE 140 + (8) ET 134 + (8) PAGES, RELIURE DE L'EDITEUR PLEIN CHAGRIN NOIR, DIFFERENTE POUR CHACUN DES 2 VOLUMES (SEFER RELIEUR) :TOME I. DOS A NERFS ORNE D'UN DECOR A FROID ET EN DORE, TITRE DORE, PLATS BISEAUTES ORNES D'UN DECOR A FROID ET EN DORE, LETTRES CHINOISES METALLIQUES LAQUEES EN NOIR ET EN ROUGE AU CENTRE DU PLAT SUPERIEUR, DENTELLE INTERIEURE DOREE, TETE DOREE, NON ROGNE, SOUS EMBOITAGE 1/2 CHAGRIN NOIR (34 X 42,5 X 8,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON), DOS IDENTIQUE A CELUI DE L'OUVRAGE, LE RESTE RECOUVERT D'UNE SOIE MOIREE ROUGE. TOME II. DOS ORNE D'UN CAISSON EN CREUX AVEC DECOR FLORAL ET TITRE DORES, PLATS BISEAUTES, PLAT SUPERIEUR RICHEMENT ORNE D'UNE PAGODE EN RELIEF EN ROUGE ET EN DORE, AVEC INCRUSTATIONS DE PLAQUES EMAILLEES A DECOR POLYCHROME D'UNE PAGODE ET DE DRAGONS, TETE DOREE, NON ROGNE, SOUS EMBOITAGE 1/2 CHAGRIN NOIR (33,5 X 40 X 9,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON), DOS IDENTIQUE A CELUI DE L'OUVRAGE, LE RESTE RECOUVERT D'UNE SOIE MOIREE ROUGE.ILLUSTRE DE NOMBREUSES COMPOSITIONS IN ET HORS-TEXTE, DANS LE STYLE DE L'ENLUMINURE, MISES EN COULEURS A LA MAIN. PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 1280 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES, DONT 30 HORS-COMMERCE. UN DES 100 SUR VELIN D'ARCHES RESERVES AU CERCLE DES BIBLIOPHILES ARTS ET COULEURS NUMEROTES AC 1 A AC 100, CELUI-CI PORTANT LE NUMERO AC 10 DANS CHACUN DES VOLUMES, ET COMPORTANT 2 ILLUSTRATIONS ORIGINALES SIGNEES, UNE PLANCHE HORS-TEXTE, ENCADREE ET UNE SUITE EN COULEURS DES ILLUSTRATIONS HORS-TEXTE. ACCOMPAGNE DE SON CERTIFICAT D'AUTHENTICITE AU MEME NUMERO SIGNE PAR L'ARTISTE ET L'EDITEUR. LES ILLUSTRATIONS ORIGINALES ET LA SUITE SONT INSEREES DANS DEUX CHEMISES RECOUVERTES DE SUEDINE NOIRE AVEC LE PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'IDEOGRAMMES CHINOIS DORES. INFIMES PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS SANS GRAVITE, SINON TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE.

Librairie du Château de Capens · Capens, Francia3000,00 €

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Daihan'nya haramitta-kyo "The Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom". Kasuga-ban Volume 237.

rif. 190864Nara: late 13th century. A superb example of 13th-century printing A well-preserved example of early temple printing in Japan inscribed by Tachibana Otome a daughter of the influential Tachibana family. This type of scroll was printed between the 12th and 14th centuries and this example has the thick bold strokes typical of the process. "Kasuga-ban" scrolls refer to woodblock printed sutras originating in the early-mid Kamakura period. The first examples were produced at Kofuku-ji temple and all contained the word "Kasuga" the patron deity of the temple in their colophons. However over time "the term Kasuga-ban became used more loosely in a wider sense to denote publications of the Nara monasteries in general not only of the Kofuku-ji. The printing of Kasuga-ban in this broader sense flourished throughout the Kamakura period and up to the end of Muromachi ca. 1570" Gardner p. 159. This example was printed using blocks first cut at Kofuku-ji in the Karoku period 1222-1227 sometimes referred to as the "Karoku-ban" set. The inscription at the end of the scroll reveals that it was commissioned by Tachibana Otome. We have traced two other complete chapters with the same inscription held at the National Museum of Japanese History and Tsurumi University Library which were commissioned in approximately 1285. The Tachibana was one of the four noble houses that held the most sway in the Nara and Heian periods although they were eclipsed by the Fujiwara family in the 10th century and scattered across the country. Handscroll 261 mm wide unravelling to 850 cm 19 conjoined text sheets on yellow Japanese paper each approximately 265 x 43 cm contemporary wooden rod dowel and endsheet. Lacking cord. With 17 characters per line; text in Chinese occasional punctuation in red. Manuscript paper labels on endsheet recto. Wrapped in modern cloth and housed in modern wooden box. Signs of age as expected some light staining on endsheet verso worm-holing along top edge especially on sheets 9 and 10 but rarely encroaching on text: a very good example. K. B. Gardner "Centres of Printing in Medieval Japan: late Heian to early Edo period" British Library Occasional Papers 11. Japanese Studies 1990. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Regno Unito7500,00 £≈ 8957,58 €

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Daihan'nya haramitta-kyo "The Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom". Volume 207.

rif. 190967Japan: c. 11-12th century. Spreading the word of the Buddha in the 12th century An early Japanese manuscript of one of the core texts of Mahayana Buddhism. This example was brushed in mid-late Heian period during a period of religious fervour brought on by fears of a coming dark age. The approximate age of the manuscript can be pinpointed by the scented paper and more free-flowing calligraphic style compared to older Chinese models. In the late Heian period fear of the mappo dark age led wealthy temple donors and patrons to invest in increasingly extravagant gifts. In Buddhist cosmic history the death of the Buddha would be followed by three ages: the "true law" shobo the "copied law" zobo and the "degeneration of the law" mappo the latter of which would only be fixed by the future incarnation of the boddhisatva Maitreya Miroku in Japanese. Japanese buddhists calculated the final age to being in approximately 1052 AD leading the rise of many new sects such as True Land and Nichiren Buddhism. Sutras were naturally a popular option for wealthy temple donors and texts such as the Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom were copied in great quantities. During this time handwriting styles became softer and smoother developing a distinctly Japanese style that would give rise to the hiragana alphabet. 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. Handscroll 246 mm wide unravelling to 7267 mm 19 conjoined text sheets on yellow Japanese paper each approximately 246 x 390 mm contemporary wooden rod dowel and endsheet recent orange cloth cord paper infused with camphor perfume. With 17 characters per line pale ink guidelines; text in Chinese. Housed in recent cypress box and brown card sleeve. Worn and creased worm-holing along edges sometime heavily repaired on verso with Japanese paper one line on sheet 1 repaired with old paper and a few characters retouched in manuscript: a very good example. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Regno Unito7500,00 £≈ 8957,58 €

[BUDDHISM]. OZERAY, MICHEL-JEAN-FRANCOISBiblio.com

Recherches sur Buddou ou Bouddou instituteur religieux de l'Asie orientale Studies on Buddsou or Bouddou Religious Teacher of Eastern Asia

1817rif. 2238Paris: Chez Brunot-Labbe 1817. First edition. contemporary morocco over marbled boards. Very Good. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST WESTERN BOOK ON BUDDHISM. "Although the Western encounter with Asia's largest religion may be the vastest and most consequential spiritual encounter in human history its protagonists and historical development are still barely known. Thus it comes as no surprise that even specialists have hitherto failed to appreciate the earliest Western book about Buddhism: Michel-Jean-François Ozeray's Recherches sur Buddou ou Bouddou instituteur religieux de l'Asie orientale Paris 1817. ". Ozeray's book represents a landmark in the history of the Western discovery of Buddhism. Published three years after the establishment of Europe's first academic chairs for indology and sinology and just before the organized academic study of Buddhist texts began Ozeray's reliance on images and reports by embassies and European residents in Asian countries rather than missionary literature marks a watershed as does the author's firm advocacy of a single historical founder his unwillingness to engage in etymological and mythological flights of fancy and his insistence on Buddhism's status as the largest of all religions of the Orient or even of the entire world. Though the book did not reach a large pan-European readership it was read by intellectuals interested in Buddhism such as the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer Europe's first professor of Sinology Abel-Rémusat and the linguist Julius Klaproth. Klaproth and Abel-Rémusat were around the time of publication expressing increasing interest in Buddhism and its history. Both were involved in the birth of France's earliest Orientalist journal the Journal Asiatique which from the early 1820s became one of Europe's most important sources of information about Buddhism. Ozeray's book thus stands near the end of the mythological speculation period and near the beginning of organized research on Asia's greatest religion" Urs App The First Western Book on Buddhism and Buddha. Paris: Chez Brunot-Labbe 1817. Octavo contemporary half-morocco marbled boards and endpapers. Complete with half-title. Some scuffing to binding small closed tear to half-title. Text in outstanding condition with large margins. SCARCE. Chez Brunot-Labbe unknown

The Manhattan Rare Book Company · Stati Uniti13.500,00 USD≈ 12.061,12 €

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