Ennin's travels in T'ang China (838-847) and Ennin's Diary Record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the Law, 2 Volumes

New York, Ronald, (1955),

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Author

Edwin O. Reischauer Ennin Jikaku Daishi

Publishers

New York, Ronald, (1955)

Keyword

Giappone Japan Japon

Binding description

Dust jacket

State of preservation

Very Good

Binding

Softcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

8vo, frontispiece-portrait in colour in both volumes (Ennin) pp. XIV-341 ; xv-454. First edition of a work by the translator of Ennin's diary, here presented in wider perspective for those with a specific interest in the Far East, but also for those with a more general interest in the broad record of human history. Ennin was a Japanese Buddhist monk who was sent to China as the leader of a Japanese embassy. The lengthy record of his wanderings and of his tribulations and triumphs is not only the first great diary in Far Eastern history; it is also the first account of life in China by any foreign visitor (Preface). The second saperate volume is . Reischauer's full translation of Ennin's diary under the title "Ennin's Diary, the record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the law". scarce in such complete and excellent condition.