Huangbo shan Duanji chan shi chuan xin fa yao [Essential Teachings on the Transmission of...
40 folding leaves. Large 8vo (275 x 180 mm.), orig. wrappers stained dark brown with fermented persimmon juice to prevent worming, new stitching. From the final leaf: “Nijo tamaya cho Murakami Heirakuji” [this is a town within Kyoto known as Nijo tamaya cho; the publisher was Kanbee Murakami, and his shop’s name was Heirakuji], “1632” & “1634” [the final leaf gives these two dates based on the zodiac].
Second edition to be published in Japan, printed in Chinese with Japanese reading marks. This is a very rare book, and we find no copy in WorldCat. Kawase records an extremely rare... More