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

réf. 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 · Royaume-Uni7 500,00 £GB≈ 8 925,59 €

[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

1817réf. 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 · États-Unis13 500,00 $US≈ 12 037,45 €