The wall-paintings of H?ry?ji . Translated and edited by William Reynolds Beal Acker and Benjamin Rowland, Jr.

Toichiro, Naito

Published by Waverly Press, Inc, Baltimore, 1943

About this Item

First edition, 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 316; portfolio with 87 plates loosely laid in; original blue cloth, gilt-stamped spines; generally, very good, sound, and clean. "H?ry?-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The murals . comprise fifty walls; four larger walls, eight mid-sized walls and thirty-eight small wall areas inside the building. The original murals were removed after a fire incident in 1949 and are kept in a non-public treasure house. Twenty small wall paintings, unscathed from the 1949 fire, are in their original places while reproductions replaced the parts that were removed due to damage" (Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The wall-paintings of H?ry?ji . Translated and edited by William Reynolds Beal Acker and Benjamin Rowland, Jr.
• Publisher: Waverly Press, Inc, Baltimore
• Publication Date: 1943
• Edition: 1st Edition
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