Ennin's travels in T'ang China (838-847) and Ennin's Diary Record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the Law, 2 Volumes
Ennin's travels in T'ang China (838-847) and Ennin's Diary Record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the Law, 2 Volumes
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Details
- Author
- Edwin O. Reischauer Ennin Jikaku Daishi
- Publishers
- New York, Ronald, (1955)
- Keyword
- Giappone Japan Japon
- Binding description
- S
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
8vo, frontispiece-portrait in colour in both volumes (Ennin) pp. XIV-341 ; xv-454. First edition of a work by the translator of Ennin's diary, here presented in wider perspective for those with a specific interest in the Far East, but also for those with a more general interest in the broad record of human history. Ennin was a Japanese Buddhist monk who was sent to China as the leader of a Japanese embassy. The lengthy record of his wanderings and of his tribulations and triumphs is not only the first great diary in Far Eastern history; it is also the first account of life in China by any foreign visitor (Preface). The second saperate volume is . Reischauer's full translation of Ennin's diary under the title "Ennin's Diary, the record of a pilgrimage to China in search of the law". scarce in such complete and excellent condition.
