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Japanese Pilgrimage BOOK ON JAPANESE PILGRIM, KUKAI
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Pre 1990 item# 481417
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BENIBANA
(718) 274-0962
$35
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This book was written by the well-known and highly respected Oliver Statler. He writes about the path taken by one of Japan's most famous Buddhist saint-pilgrims, Kobo Daishi (Kukai). To write the book, Statler himself traveled the same 1000 miles, along the same path, taking him to various holy sites on Shikoku Island, on Mount Koya, among other other places in Japan. Written with lots of personal insight. As Statler stated after his travels: "The pilgrim's route is circular; and ...click for details
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Fashioning Kimono BOOK ON JAPANESE KIMONO
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Contemporary item# 481354
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BENIBANA
(718) 274-0962
$75/hardcover; $50/softcover
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This is a newly released publication (2005): "Fashioning Kimono: Dress and Modernity in Early 20th-Century Japan." It highlights the Montgomery Collection of early 20th-century kimono. This is the first major publication (in English or in Japanese) on early 20th-century Japanese kimono culture. The hardcover edition of this publication ("Fashioning Kimono: Dress and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century J ...click for details
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