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弘法大師と密教美術 : 入定1150年 Kōbō Daishi to Mikkyō bijutsu : nyūjō 1150-nen
Kōbō Daishi And The Art of Esoteric Buddhism.

Tokyo. Asahi Shinbunsha, 1983. Stock ID #138261

Colour and black and white plates, 300pp, paperback, very good copy.

Text in Japanese with 5 single page articles and list of exhibits translated into English. Catalogue of a travelling exhibition celebrating the life of the extraordinarily talented Kōbō Daishi. Patriarchof the Shingon sect of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, poet, essayist, educator, social worker, calligrapher he also visited Tang China to study. This exhibition was mounted to lead into 1984 which was the 1150th anniversary of the death of Kōbō Daishi.

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