Buddha
The first volume of Osamu Tezuka's fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. Introduces Chapra, a slave boy who tries to escape his fate; Chapra's slave mother, who sticks by him no matter what; Tatta, a crazed wild child pariah who communes with animals; and Naradatta, a monk attempting to decipher strange portents of the Buddha's birth.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Buddha. / Osamu Tezuka.
Summary
The first volume of Osamu Tezuka's fictional biography of Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. Introduces Chapra, a slave boy who tries to escape his fate; Chapra's slave mother, who sticks by him no matter what; Tatta, a crazed wild child pariah who communes with animals; and Naradatta, a monk attempting to decipher strange portents of the Buddha's birth.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2006.
- Edition:First pbk. edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Vertical, Inc
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2006.
Notes
Translated from the Japanese.
"Originally published in Japanese as Budda dai ikkan Kapiravasutu by Ushio Shuppansha, Tokyo, 1987"--Title page verso
"The artwork of the original has been produced as a mirror-image in order to conform with the English language"--Title page verso
"This work of fiction contains characters and episodes that are not part of the historical record"--Title page verso
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (400 pages) : : chiefly illustrations, map
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781945054969, 1945054964
- oclc:on1008965106
- LC Classification:PN6790.J33
- Dewey Decimal:741.5/952
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