Myobŏp yŏnhwagyŏng [or] Myobeop yeonhwagyeong [Ch.: Miao fa lian hua jing 妙法蓮華經; Sutra of the...
Two double-page woodcuts. Woodblock-printed. 62 folding leaves (plus one leaf, 32, in duplicate). Large 8vo (317 x 213 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. Yongjan-sa Temple: 1635.
A very rare and early illustrated Korean edition of the Lotus Sutra, published in 1635. The woodblock of the final page with the imprint appears to have slid during printing and the text is unclear (but the date is clear). We believe it says that it was printed by Yongjan-sa 龍藏寺 temple, which would mean that the place of publication is today’s Jindo County in South Chŏlla province, South Korea. We... More