Author: [NIKKO - JAPAN].
Title: Nikko-san Manganji Otakaramono Zukai (Illustrated book of the Treasures of Manganji Temple in Mount Nikko). Tokyo, Inoue Mohei, Meiji 29 (1896).
Description: . Size: 12.7 x 18.5 cm. Lvs. 64 folded in the Japanese fashion. Richly illustrated throughout by Oshima Keizaburo. Captions in Japanese and English. Original yellow wrappers, title label on upper cover, resewn, parts of spine gone, covers stained. Red Asian stamps. Occasionally some light staining. A fascinating informative guide to Nikko, a small town in Tochigi Prefecture located in the mountains north of Tokyo. It is dedicated to the history of Nikko, its Buddhist temples and the famous Shinto shrine Toshugu (Manganji Temple) established in 1617 as a memorial of Togugawa Ieyasu. It was later renamed Rinnoji temple.Contains many woodcut illustrations of Buddhist paintings, interiors such as offering jars, masks and clothing, musical instruments, furniture, eating utensils, incense burners, offering bowls, screens, lanterns, etc.

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