Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition: The Nihon ry?iki of the Monk Ky?kai
(Surrey): Curzon, (1997).
Price: $200.00
Hardcover. First English edition. Originally published by Harvard University Press in 1973. Octavo. 322pp. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. "The stories, ostensibly accounts of actual miraculous occurrences, include origin tales, anecdotes about saints and historical figures, folk tales about marriage of humans with animals or deities, visits to the other world, and various modes of divine intervention in human affairs." Mrs. Nakamura shows their influence on Japanese culture.
Item #371535
ISBN: 0700704493
