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Matsushita, Takaaki, - Wall-Paintings in the Phoenix Hall. Text issue and volume of plates. 2 parts.

s.l., [National Commission for Protection of Cultural Properties] n.d. (um 1960). Description and list of plates in English. - The plates show door- and wall-paintings of different aspects of Amitabha`s epiphany. - The Byodo-in is a Buddhist monastery built in the year Tengi (A.D. 1053) by Fujiwara Yorimichi, the master of the prosperous Fujiwara Family of court nobles, at his villa at Uji in the southern outskirt of Kyoto. ... Among the original buildings in the Byodo-in, only the famous Hoo-do (Phoenix-Hall) has survived to this day. (booklet). - A fine copy. 7 pp. (text) with 1 full-page illustration; 3 pp. (list of illustrations), 74 illustrations on 56 plates, partly coloured, with captions in japanese. 4°, booklet and original cloth with silver spine lettering.
EUR 250.00 [Appr.: US$ 272 | £UK 214.5 | JP¥ 41963] Booknumber: 180091

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