Author: MINIATURE BUDDHIST PRAYER SCROLL,
Title: Han-Nya Shingyo. Orig. edn.
Description: Tokyo, Add-Rie Studio, 1980. 50x810mm. Buddhist Prayer Scroll in Chinese and Sanskrit script (not transcribed), with three illustrations and colophon. Handbound with Kawashima silk weave cover and red Sandal-wood roll, with brocade ties preserved. Enclosed in a special hand-made Paulownia wooden case, 80x38x28mm. Title on upper lid with copy-number inside.in Ms. in Indian ink. Text printed on Torinoko paper, dyed with powder of Clam on both sides and decorated with powder of Mica and with gold and silver. Illustrations coloured by hand. Limited edn. of 100 copies only. BONDY, page 183. An excellent executed MINIATURE edition of one of the most popular Buddhist Prayers in Japan. In MINT condition. Excessively rare.

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