Renmon ruijukyō shakuroku [or] Renmon ruiju kyōjakuroku 蓮門類聚経籍錄 [Comprehensive List of Books & Sutra in...
58; 67 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. yellow wrappers (wrappers somewhat discolored), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto?: Preface dated 1862.
An early and rare edition, greatly enlarged by Tetsujō Ugai 鵜飼徹定, of this comprehensive bibliography of writings of the Buddhist sect Jodo Shinshu (also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism). It is today the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.
This catalogue, which amounts to a bibliography, was originally compiled by Mon’no Ryorenji (1700-63), one of the most influential Buddhist scholars of the 18th century and 17th head of... More