AN HARDCOVER ALBUM MEASURING 14" X 10" AND COVERED IN PINK SILK EMBOSSED WITH FLORAL DESIGN, AND SECURED WITH RIBBON TIES AT ONE END. CELEBRATING THE CULTURALLY IMPORTANT HONPA HONGWANJI TEMPLE, WHICH IS THE HEAD TEMPLE OF THE JODO SHINSHU HONGWANJIHA SECT OF BUDDHISM, AND IS SITUATED IN KYOTO, JAPAN. THERE ARE 37 B/W PHOTOS IN THE ALBUM , MEASURING "11 X 8". VARIOUS EXTERNAL IMAGES ACCOMPANY VIEWS OF THE GARDENS, INTERNAL HIGLY DECORATED ROOMS AND SOME OF THE ANTIQUE TREASURES, SUCH AS " THE BOKIE", TEN SCROLLS WHICH RECORD THE LIFE OF KAKUNYO SHONIN, THE THIRD LORD PATRIARCH OG THE SECT. ANOTHET INTERNAL WALL DISPLAYS THE PAINTING OF WILLOW AND WHITE HERONS IN SNOW, WIDELY REGARDED AS THE BEST OF ITS KIND IN JAPAN. 62pp WITH ALL THE PAGES DOUBLE BACKED, AND THE ACCOMPANYING TEXT IS IN ENGLISH. CONDITION OF BOOK IS VG. Seller Inventory # 002200706

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Title: "RYUKOKU-EIKA" PHOTO ALBUM OF THE HONPA ...

Publisher: NOT STATED, KYOTO, JAPAN

Publication Date: 1961

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne. We have more than 500,000 books, in all categories. Our specialities include: Armed Forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts) religion, esoteric & occult and art. Shop hours are 10.00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays. Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.

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We are a Partnership, and the partners are Stuart Geoffrey Broad and Camilla Lorraine Francombe. We trade from one address under the name of "Camilla's Bookshop" at: 57 Grove Rd, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 4TX, UK.

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