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Kukai: Major Works
Kukai
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Paperback. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 303 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2G; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456. Major Works. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. 303 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2G; AGB. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 17. Weight: 458.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
303
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231059336
SKU
V9780231059336
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About Kukai
Hakeda was Associate Professor of Japanese in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Associate Professor of Religion at Columbia University. Ryuichi Abe is the Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions in the Department of Eas Aisan Languages and Cultures at Harvard University.
Reviews for Kukai: Major Works
Kukai was a polymath who has achieved the status of demigod in popular legend: in part because of his virtuosity as a writer of Chinese, his books are too difficult to read by any but a very few scholars in Japan today. Hakeda's achievement in arriving at these lively and intelligible translations is of the highest order. Choice This book ... Read more