Kamakura bukkyo keisei-ron: Shiso-shi no tachiba kara / Kamakura Buddhist Formation Theory: From the Standpoint of Intellectual History
Kyoto: Hozokabn, 1998. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, near fine, 418 pp, text in Japanese.
East Asian Buddhism and Related
Scholarly books on the history of Buddhism in East Asia, mainly in Chinese and Japanese, very uncommon in commerce.
Nihon bukkyo-shi: Shiso-shi to shite no apurochi / New approaches in the history of Japanese Buddhism
Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, about fine copy. Text in Japanese. 291 pp.
Ajia Bukkyo-shi, Chugoku-hen i Kan minzoku no Bukkyo denrae kara kai to made... / History of Asian Buddhism, vol. 1 Chinese Buddhishm from the Han to the Tang Dynasty
Tokyo: Shuppansha, 1975. Hardcover. Cloth in slipcase, very good. Part of a set of five volumes. Text in Japanese.
Han tang fosì wenhuà shi / Cultural History of Buddhist Temples in Han and Tang Dynasties
Beijing: Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she, 1997. Paperback. 2 volumes, 8vo, card covers with dust jackets, very good, first volume has a 4 inch tear to one panel of the jacket, texts fine. Texts in Chinese. 1044 total pages.
Zhongguo Tiantai zong tong shi / History of Chinese Tendai sect
Nanjing: Jiangsu gu ji chu ban she, 2001. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, 805 pp, text in Chinese.
Archaic Thesaurus by Example (in Japanese)
Tokyo: Sanseido, 1985. Hardcover. Flexible plastic covers with acetate dust jacket in slipcase, very good, minor wear. Very Good.
Hokekyo Nyumon / Introduction to Houkakyo
Tokyo: Iwanami, 2001. Paperback. Pocket pb, wraps, very good, text in Japanese, 218 pp.
Ichinensanzen to wa nani ka: `Makashikan' (Masanobu shikan Fumi) gendaigoyaku / What Is Ichinen Sanzen?
Tokyo: Daisan Bunmeisha, 1992. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good in dust jacket, text in Japanese, 268 pp. Regulus Library no. 204.
Shingonhimitsu jo togo joyo Shingon no Kaisetsu / Commentary on Mantras [Vol. 4 of 8 volume set on the History of Esoteric Buddhism]
Tokyo: Shuppansha, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo, cloth in clear acetate dust jacket (a little worn) in slipcase, very good. 312 pp. Part of a set on the history of Esoteric Buddhism, each volume complete in itself. Uncommon. Text in Japanese.
Yama no Matsuri to Geino / Mountain Festivals and Performing Arts
Tokyo: Hirakawa Shuppansha, 1984. Hardcover. Boards in dust jacket, very good copy with touch of wear, 249 pp, illus. Text in Japanese.
Tibetan Scriptures, Academy Edition, Vol. 102 Hua Yanzong's Works, Department of Sutra, Tiantai Sect, Dept. of Huayanzong
Taibei: Xinwenfeng, 1970s. Hardcover. Cloth in used slipcase. Text in Chinese.
Tibetan Scriptures, Academy Edition, Vol. 95
Taibei: Xinwenfeng, 1970s. Hardcover. Cloth in used slipcase. Text in Chinese.
CHAN, nos. 1-6, 2004
Shijazhuang City, Hebei Province: Hebei Provincial Buddhist Association, 2004. Hardcover. 8vo, purple boards gilt, very good, bound volume of six issues, text in Chinese.
Japanese Buddhist Prints
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1964. First English language edition. Hardcover. Presumed first English language edition, 1964, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, 195pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book VG+ with mild rubbing and shelfwear to boards, binding tight, faint foxing to endpapers, otherwise text.....
4 volumes of Tang History and Studies
Taibei: Ding wen, 1970s? Hardcover. 4 quarto volumes. See pics for details. Very good, text in Chinese. Light bumping and wear, texts clean.
Nyoraizo Shiso / Nyorai Thought, 2 volumes
Kyoto: Hozokan, 1988-1989. Hardcover. 2 volumes, cloth in slipcases, very good set. Text in Japanese. Discusses the Nyorai doctrine in Buddhism: although originally applied only to Buddha himself, with the advent of Mahayana Buddhism "Tathagata" (and therefore Nyorai) came to be used for all those who have achieved enlightenment, entities.....
Chugoku zenshu shi no konkyu; A Study of the History of Chinese Zen Buddhism
Tokyo: Seishin Shobo, 1963. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth, light wear, very good with light wear and soil, text in Japanese, 514, 32, 26 pp.
Religion in China and Its Modern Fate (The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures)
Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2014. Paperback. Wraps, near fine, just a touch of wear.
Bukkyo Yogo No Kiso Chishiki / Basic Knowledge of Buddhist Words, Grammar and Concepts
Tokyo: Shunjusha, 1979. Hardcover. Cloth in slipcase, book very good, slipcase tanned and used, 231, 29 pp, text in Japanese.
Hokke Gengi, 3 volumes
Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Daisan Bunmeisha, 1995. Paperback. 3 volumes, wraps, very good with dust jackets, Regulus Library nos. 214, 215 and 216. In Japanese.
Hokke Gengi: Selections, Chinese and Japanese
Tokyo: Daizo Shuppan, 1983. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in slipcase, very good. 378 pp. Collection of 11th century tales meant to illuminate the Lotus Sutra. In Chinese and Japanese.
The Problem of the Sentience of Plants in Earliest Buddhism
Tokyo: International Institute For Buddhist Studies, 1991. First edition. Paperback. First Edition. c.1991. Softcover. 8vo. 121pp. Very Good (minus). Top front corner bumped with front wraps heavily creased.
Fo jiao jie lü xue; Buddhist Precepts
Beijing: Zong jiao wen hua chu ban she, 1999. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good, text in Chinese. 424 pp.
Si miao jing ji lun, jian lun dao guan qing zhen si jiao tang jing ji / Temple Economics: Comparative Discussion of the Economics of Taoist Temple and Chitang Temple
Beijing: Zong jiao wen hua chu ban she, 2004. Paperback. 8vo, wraps, very good. 421 pp, text in Chinese.
Zhong guo gu jin di ming da ci dian / Grand Dictionary of Chinese Geographical Names
Taipei: Taiwan Shangwu, 1993. Hardcover. Reprint of this famous work. Royal 8vo, cloth, over 1400 pp. Nearly Fine. Text in Chinese.