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Livres anciens et modernes

Edwin O. Reischauer Ennin Jikaku Daishi

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),

390,00 €

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Détails

Auteur
Edwin O. Reischauer Ennin Jikaku Daishi
Éditeurs
New York, Ronald, (1955)
Thème
Giappone Japan Japon
Description
S
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
Tres bonne condition
Reliure
Couverture souple
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

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.