Kūkai : major works

Kūkai : major works / translated, with an account of his life and a study of his thought, by Yoshito S. Hakeda.

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 esote...

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Main Author: Kūkai, 774-835
Other Authors: Hakeda, Yoshito S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1972.
Series:Records of civilization, sources and studies ; no. 87.
UNESCO collection of representative works. Japanese series.
Subjects:
Shingon (Sect) > Japan.
Tantric Buddhism > Japan.
Buddhist sects > Japan.
Buddhist sects.
Shingon (Sect)
Tantric Buddhism.
Japan.
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Works.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:"Prepared for the Columbia College program of translations from the oriental classics."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
ISBN:0231036272
9780231036276
0231059337
9780231059336
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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