ORIGINAL TITLE: Ojyo-yoshu (往生要集)

MATERIAL: Woodblock Printed

TYPE: Print Album

DIMENSIONS: 6 1/4 X 9 inches (closed)

COMPONENTS: 65 pages: 9 have early Japanese woodblock prints

CONDITION: Original covers & title slip, contents complete, fine impressions.

ITEM ID: 1033

Buddhism and Hell

DATE

Year: 1720

Decade: 1720s

Century: 18th (1701-1800)

Original Japanese woodblock print book on Buddhism and Hell.

According to scholar Sugihiko Uchida, this is “Ojyo-yoshu (往生要集), written by Genshin (源信), a priest of Tendai-sect (942-1017).”

ARTISTS

Name: Genshin
Type: Author
Artist Information: Genshin (源信), a priest of Tendai-sect (942-1017).

This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.