Zen at Daitoku-Ji
by Covell, Jon & Yamada Sobin
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0870112279
- ISBN 13
- 9780870112270
- Seller
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Plainfield, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Tokyo, New York, & San Francisco: Kodansha International, 1974. Beautifully designed book with full color & B/W photographs and illustrations and descriptions of history and day-to-day life at this Zen temple. Gardens, Tea Ceremonies, Paintings, Rituals. Text by Dr. Jon Covell (first Westerner to obtain doctorate in Japanese Art History and student of Zen, along with Abbot Yamada Sobin, 26th abbot of the Shinju-an subtemple of Daitoku-ji. Book bound in dark brown cloth with red and silver on spine. Black end papers and beautiful ornamentation throughout. Paper cover is beautiful color photograph of garden path on front and monk sweeping on back. . Hard Cover. As New/As New. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30822
- Title
- Zen at Daitoku-Ji
- Author
- Covell, Jon & Yamada Sobin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0870112279
- ISBN 13
- 9780870112270
- Publisher
- Kodansha International
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo, New York, & San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- Japanese Temples; Japanese Culture; Buddhism; Eastern Religion
- Bookseller catalogs
- Japan;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
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