Antique Japanese Buddhist Scripture Book in Lacquer Box
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Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 1377795
Directory: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900: Item # 1377795
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The Kura
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23 Murasakino Monzen-cho
Kita-ward Kyoto 603-8216
tel.81-75-201-3497
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23 Murasakino Monzen-cho
Kita-ward Kyoto 603-8216
tel.81-75-201-3497
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An antique book bound in green kinrande silk decorated with the Tokugawa family crest (of the Shogun) woodblock printed with scripture wrapped in a hand painted silk cloth enclosed in a black lacquered wooden box decorated with the Tokugawa Crest and the Jodo-shu Symbol of Chion-in. The book is wrapped in a cloth hand painted with a prayer from Meiji 22 (1889). The box is lined with genuine gold gilding. It is enclosed in a rough outer wooden box annotated as having been gifted from Shinju-in in the main temple complex of Chion-in temple in Kyoto to Joanji Temple in Nagasaki in the 4th month of the 21st year of Meiji (1888). The book is 11-1/2 x 7 inches (29 x 18 cm). It is a copy of Enkodaishi Hogo (the scriptures of Honen). All is in very fine condition.
An antique book bound in green kinrande silk decorated with the Tokugawa family crest (of the Shogun) woodblock printed with scripture wrapped in a hand painted silk cloth enclosed in a black lacquered wooden box decorated with the Tokugawa Crest and the Jodo-shu Symbol of Chion-in. The book is wrapped in a cloth hand painted with a prayer from Meiji 22 (1889). The box is lined with genuine gold gilding. It is enclosed in a rough outer wooden box annotated as having been gifted from Shinju-in in the main temple complex of Chion-in temple in Kyoto to Joanji Temple in Nagasaki in the 4th month of the 21st year of Meiji (1888). The book is 11-1/2 x 7 inches (29 x 18 cm). It is a copy of Enkodaishi Hogo (the scriptures of Honen). All is in very fine condition.