Kūkai: major works
by Kūkai
Annotation Kukai, more commonly known by the honorific Kobo Daishi, was one of the great characters in the development of Janpanese culture. He was active in literature, engineering, calligraphy, and architecture and is represented in this work in terms of his major effort--the introduction of esoteric Buddhism from China, which resulted in the formation of the Shingou sect still active in Japan. Eight of his works are presented here.
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- Full title :Kūkai : major works / translated, with an account of his life and a study of his thought, by Yoshito S. Hakeda.
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Annotation Kukai, more commonly known by the honorific Kobo Daishi, was one of the great characters in the development of Janpanese culture. He was active in literature, engineering, calligraphy, and architecture and is represented in this work in terms of his major effort--the introduction of esoteric Buddhism from China, which resulted in the formation of the Shingou sect still active in Japan. Eight of his works are presented here.
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- Publication Date:1972.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1972.
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"Prepared for the Columbia College program of translations from the oriental classics."
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0231036272, 9780231036276, 0231059337, 9780231059336
- oclc:ocn298105262
- LC Classification:BQ8999.K853
- Dewey Decimal:294.3 9
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