Buddhism

ANTUERPIAE: APUD IOANNEM BELLERUM SUB AQUILA AUREA. In 24. Dim. 13x8 cm. Pp. (36)+370+(24).Rarissima edizione senza data ma del 1580 della nota leggenda "Barlaam Iosaphat". Il racconto, attribuito a San Giovanni Damasceno (676-749) e popolarissimo in età medievale narra la conversione di Iosafat per merito del Santo eremita Barlaam. Sembra che la storia venne in realtà ricalcata sul modello della vicenda della conversione del Buddha. San Giovanni Damasceno venne dichiarato dottore della chiesa nel 1890. Opera redatta a cura di Georges Trapezuntius. Alla fine del volume la breve opera "De comparatione regis et monachi" di Giovanni Cristostomo a cura di Germain Brice. Antica firma al frontespizio e sottolineature all'interno. Bella legatura in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Rarissimo, solo sette copie censite su ICCU. Collazionato e risultato completo. Copertina in piena pergamena molle seicentesca con titolo manoscritto al dorso in buone… Read More

Thailand Original dark green oblong cloth photograph album, 12 1/2" h x 16 1/2" W, tied with green laces, cover title "Photographs" in gilt and gilt embossed mandala center of front cover, internal title "Art Objects in the Touring Exhibition of Thai Arts in the United States of America". No date, no place, circa 1960. Contains 313 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" black and white photographs, each individually numbered and labelled, mounted on black album pages with gilt corner mounts, representing a touring exhibition that opened in 1960. at the Indiana University Art Museum, and coincided with the first official visit to the United States of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Near Fine, 2 photos missing, 6 blank pages at end, photos mounted both sides of page with tissue guards in between. . Photograph Album . Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12 1/2" h x 16 1/2" W.

1882 1ed CHINA Folklore Douglas Alchemy Buddhism Confucius Illustrated COLOR MAP
"Years of careful training will makea tree whose shoots should spring heavenwards bendthe points of its branches towards the earth."
– Robert K Douglas, Chinese Stories
A rare first edition printing, of Robert Douglas's 'China'. This book is a history and overview of china, which describes the social customs of ancient China, the traditions of Buddhism, Chinese music and ballads, forbidden love and arranged marriage, Confucius philosophy, sorcery and alchemy, and more!

This fine printing is filled with charming illustrations in the style of 17th - 19th-century woodblock figures with a color fold out map.
Item number: #9318
Price: $499
DOUGLAS, Robert K.
China
London, Society for promoting Christian knowledge; New York, E. & J.B. Young & Co., 1882. First Edition.
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 400, map, [4]
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[7] plates
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1 fold out map
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Language: English
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1666 Buddha Origin Japanese Buddhism Manuscript Shakamuni Hassou Monogatari 5v

Buddhism originated in Northern India, or present-day Nepal where the historical Buddha (Prince Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha), was born and lived. When Buddhism arrived in Japan, Siddhartha became known in Japan as Shaka or Shakamuni. Stories of Shakamuni's life were commonoly told through selecting eight events to represent his life. This 'Story of the Eight Phases of Sakyamuni,' was aimed at the general populace, using these "eight phases" as a device to teach the important points of Shakamuni's life. This edition includes:
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Goutosotsu
降兜率, descending from Tusita Heaven
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Takutai
託胎 (also nittai 入胎), entering his mother's womb
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Shusshou
出生 (also shuttai 出胎 ), birth
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Shukke
出家, renouncing the world to become a mendicant
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Gouma
降魔, subjugating demons
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Joudou
成道, enlightenment
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Tenbourin
転法輪, "turning the wheel of the law"… Read More

Japan: Yokohama Seishi Bunsha, 1895. First Edition. Rare English-language guide to Japanese domestic wares, with 76 fully-illustrated items. Its publication came at a time when Japan was experiencing a dramatic shift from the conservative, isolationist policies of the sh gun-dominated Edo period to the rapid and widespread drive to modernise and engage with the rest of the world that characterizes the Meiji Restoration. This booklet focuses on a traditional domestic interior and features a beautiful double-page plate showing the layout and arrangement of a Japanese period home, showing respective zones for food preparation, cooking and the entertainment of guests. Items specifically illustrated and described include lacquer wares, a charcoal-burning stove, lanterns, wooden buckets and items used in the tea ceremony. A beautiful copy of a scarce work published for the English market. Bibliography: Not in Cordier or Nipponalia.; Rogala Jozef 'A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English', 783.… Read More

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh - The Sun Behind the Sun Behind the Sun; a Darshan Diary - India, Rajneesh Foundation, 1980 - 1st Edition - Hardcover with dust jacket - 615pp - 22x15 cmCondition Very Good: Dust jacket some minor damage at corners and edges, pages a bit yellowed. Otherwise almost as new, no names or writing, tight, probably unread. Only 5000 printed for this first edition.If you have any questions or want to see more pictures, feel free to ask.Your book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking number, signed & insured.

An extremely rare edition of "Th Mencius". Chinese text with Korean translation in Hangul. The Mencius, Vol. 1 and 2 bound together, 39 and 48 double leaves. 10 lines, 17 characters per line. With single fishtail. Folio, ca. 33.5 x 21.8 cm. Undated. Paper and printing indicate 16th – 17th century printing. Asian stich binding (worn); inside slightly worn; few stains; no insect damage.I compared this edition with all editions listed in the National Library of Korea catalogue. It matches with UCI G701:B-00047977613. Yet, the National Library of Korea das not have this book. They only have a microfilm. There are no comments, which edition it is. In the literature on the early Korean editions of The Mencius a 1590, and two early 17th century editions are mentioned. My book is probably one of them.
The Mencius is a collection of conversations, anecdotes, and series of genuine and imagined interviews by the Confucian philosopher, Mencius.[1] The book is one of the Chinese Thirteen Classics, and explores… Read More

1862 Japanese Shaka Hassou Buddha Gods Demons Samurai Illustrated Mantei Oga

A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of 'Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko." "Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko" is a biography of Buddha written by Mantei Oga and illustrated by Ichiyousai Toyokuni. Buddhism originated in Northern India, or present-day Nepal where the historical Buddha (Prince Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha), was born and lived. When Buddhism arrived in Japan, Siddhartha became known in Japan as Shaka or Shakamuni. Stories of Shaka's life were commonly told through selecting eight events to represent his life. This 'Shaka Hassou,' was aimed at the general populace, using the "eight phases" as a device to teach the important points of Shaka's life as well as a means of entertainment.
This rare 1862 edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of weapons, battles, animals, samurai, courtesans, gods, skeletal demons, and more!
Item number: #16753
Price: $499
Mantei Oga
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1867 Japanese Shaka Hasso Buddha Samurai Color Illustrated Woodblock Edo 2v

A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of 'Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko,' a biography of Buddha by Mantei Oga, illustrated by Utagawa Kunisada. The book uses the "eight phases" of Buddha's life to teach important points and entertain the general populace about Shaka's life, who is known in Japan as Shakamuni. Kunisada's illustrations are highly praised for their expressive style and attention to detail. The book is considered a masterpiece of Japanese kusazoshi, a type of Japanese illustrated book from the Edo era, literature and reflects the popularity of Buddhism during the Edo period.

This rare 1867 edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of samurai, courtesans, and more!

Item number: #30364
Price: $499

Mantei Oga

(Story of the Eight Phases of Shaka) (Shaka Hassou Yamato Bunko) 釋迦八相倭文庫(みよのひかり)

[Edo]: Keio 3 [1867]

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1643 1ed Barlaam & Josaphat Martyrs Buddha John of Damascus Syria Buddhism Billy

Jacques de Billy de Prunay was a 16th-century Benedictine monk and historian who wrote a rather unique history of the lives and ministries of Saint John of Damascus and Saint Barlaam and Josaphat. The story of Barlaam and Josaphat has long been associated with legend of Buddha, conversions to Christianity, and early Sanskrit history. 17th-century printings of any Barlaam and Josaphat story are rare and desirable, and this 1643 edition from Billy de Prunay is no exception.

Item number: #23014
Price: $550

BILLY, Jacques de

S. Ioannis Damasceni Historia de vitis et rebus gestis SS. Barlaam eremitae, & Iosaphat Indiae regis, Iacobo Billio Prunaeo

Coloniae Agrippinæ: Apud Iodocvm Kalcoven, 1643.

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
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· Language: Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~5.25in X 3.25in (13cm x 8cm)

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Leporello bound album; silk covers; inside of covers decorated with gold flitters; in original wooden box, inscribed and sealed by Seisetsu Seki.
12 paintings and 12 paired calligraphies. 2 double page calligraphies at beginning and at the end. Each painting with one or more of Seisetsu Seki`s seals. A large number of Seisetsu Seki`s seals were used throughout the album.
A unique masterwork by Seisetsu Seki. I have seen no comparable work by Seisetsu Seki.
Seki Seisetsu, 精拙 関 (1877 - 1945), was born on 18 January 1877 in Hyogo Prefecture. As a baby, he was given to Seki Soshun, a Zen priest of Tenrin-ji (temple) in a nearby village. Soshun raised him, and his entire life, until his death, a few months after the end of WWII, Seisetsu remained a Zen monk. When he was 30 he received his inka shômei (= formal acknowledgement of a student's completion of his Zen training). In 1922, when he was 45, he became head (Kanchô) of Tenryû-ji; next to his new duties he also found time for calligraphy and… Read More

Two volumes bound together; 12 nn, 24 numbered, 56 numbered, 1 nn pages; [Kyoto] 柳枝軒, Horeki 9 (1759). Binding is worn; some worming (see photos). Title slip is missing.
Volume 1: 和歌藻塩草 / Waka moshiogusa, 5 not numbered pages, 　12 number leaves (24 pages) with poems by Hahuin.
Volume 2: 畫讃搖艫船 / Gasan yōrosen, 1 not numbered leave (2 pages), 28 numbered leaves (56 pages) with 55 full pages woodblock illustratuin, 1 not numbered page.
This is one of the most remarkable and most rare works of Zen literature. Jack Hillier (The Art of the Japanese book) did not know this book. There exist only two more known copies of this book. One is at in the US at Stanford University Libraries and a second one is in Japan at Tohoku Universität Kano(東北大狩野).
Hakuin Ekaku (白隠 慧鶴, January 19, 1686 – January 18, 1769) was one of the most influential figures in Japanese Zen Buddhism. He is regarded as the reviver of the Rinzai school from a moribund period of stagnation,… Read More

4° (mm 250x190); pp. XII, 326. Al frontespizio, vignetta incisa raffigurante Ganesha e 32 tavole fuori testo (di cui una a doppia pagina). Nel testo, caratteri in sanscrito. Legatura coeva in piena pelle marezzata. Bell'esemplare.
First edition.
As the title well explains, the Systema Brahmanicum by the Indologist Paulinus of St. Bartholomew - valuable compendium of Brahmanism - is closely based on the collection of Indica reperta from the famous Borgia Museum in Velletri, profusely illustrated by the engravings. The volume, therefore, can be browsed as a kind of 'exegetical catalog' of the Hindu collection.The ancient Borgia Museum in Velletri, formed between the 17th and 18th centuries by the Roman branch of the Borgia family, was greatly enriched and enlarged in the second half of the 18th century by Cardinal Stefano Borgia (1731 – 1804), a man of vast culture who was a scholar of history and ethnology. The Museum, famous throughout Europe for the variety and the rarity of the reperta as well as… Read More

Rare original first edition, published and printed during Hokusai's lifetime (Bunka 2, 1845) - the coronation of the Gakyō Rōjin" 画狂老人; "The Old Man Mad About Art" period. Your chance to own an authentic Hokusai print and a piece of history!
Orange stitched (fukurotoji bindings) wrappers, 6 vol.set
The Shaka goichidaiki zue is the illustrated record of Shakyamuni's life, published in 1845, which consists of six volumes. The entire work is composed of 55 episodes compiled by Yamada Isai 山田意斎 and 35 monochrome illustrations crafted by Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎. This book has three publishers: Echigoya Jihei 越後屋治兵衛 in Kyoto, Yamashiroya Sahei 山城屋佐兵衛 in Edo, and Kawachiya Mohei 河内屋茂兵衛 in Osaka, indicating that it was prevalent during that time.
For further reading and another impression in the Arthur Tress Collection, in the Kislak Center, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, go to:… Read More

This is a rare, one-of-a-kind, signed and Inscribed limited edition of paintings, artwork and photography by the renowned Hungarian painters Sass Brunner-Farkas and Elizabeth Brunner. Inspired by a mystic dream of Rabinadrath Tagore, the mother and daughter traveled to India, staying for 5 years. They met and painted Tagore, Mahatma Ghandi, along with portraits of Indian deities, landscapes, and common women and men.
Mother and daughter signed and inscribed the FFEP to friends "Mr. and Mrs. Tomanocky" and there is a separate inscription in Hungarian by, I believe, Sass Brunner. Mother and daughter also signed under their photographs opposite the title page and both signed under portrait photographs of themselves at the beginning of the two sections of the book which separate their individual paintings and drawings with a short inscription by Sass, and on a slip of paper with young Elizabeth's portrait and a Christmas and New Year's greeting. Amazingly, there is also a personal, black and white… Read More