Toichiro naito (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Two volumes. Ex-library. Volume one, text; volume two, portfolio of plates. Ex-library, Zen Center Library, San Francisco, with typical pockets, markings, stickers, stamps, etc. Paging: xvii, 316 pages: frontispiece (portrait), 1 illustration; 26 cm + portfolio of 85 plates. (The portfolio is complete as issued, containing a total of 87 leaves. While the sequence is numbered 1 through 85, the set includes two additional plates to account for sub-divided entries: 4a and 4b, 82a and 82b.) The primary English-language study of the 7th-century Buddhist murals in the Kondo (Golden Hall) of the Horyu-ji temple in Nara, Japan. The work analyzes the murals' iconography and their synthesis of Indian, Central Asian, and Tang Chinese artistic traditions. This book serves as a critical historical record because the original murals were severely damaged by a fire during conservation work in 1949. The high-quality photographs and detailed diagrams in this 1943 edition document the paintings in their pre-fire state, providing information that was lost in the incident. Condition is good only. Set has seen use. The case housing the portfolio of plates is a bit battered and the interior hinges are weakening and card-stock torn in places. The plates are not fresh and crisp. The one flaw worthy of special note is a 3-inch tear to plate 83.…

First American Edition. Hardcover, no jacket, quite good with slight shelf wear and toning. Lacking plate volume.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 316pp. Blue cloth hardback, no DJ, Text Volume Only, no Plates, translated from Chinese, The Wall Paintings of Horyuji.

Condición: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Condición: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Blue cloth gilt. Text in English. V.1: Points slightly bumped, gently canted, cloth slightly soiled/scuffed. PO name. American Council of Learned Societies Studies in Chinese and Related Civilizations Number 5. V. 2: Cardbose case is split at edge; spine ends worn, trace soil to cloth. PO name. 85 plates, a few with slight edge-creasing. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 316; 85 pages. …

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 2 vols. Language: Japanese. Buddhism. Wrapped in a cardboard case., Ex-library.

First Edition. First edition, 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 316; portfolio with 87 plates loosely laid in; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines; generally, very good, sound, and clean. "H?ry?-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The murals . comprise fifty walls; four larger walls, eight mid-sized walls and thirty-eight small wall areas inside the building. The original murals were removed after a fire incident in 1949 and are kept in a non-public treasure house. Twenty small wall paintings, unscathed from the 1949 fire, are in their original places while reproductions replaced the parts that were removed due to damage" (Wikipedia).…