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Title: 1785 -Japanese Handmade Manuscript and Picture Book
Description: 0. Soft cover. Book, Shingaku is a Japanese religious movement that flourished from 1725-1875.The movement began with Ishida Baigan (1685-1744) and his successor Teshima Toan (1718-1786) but later a group of well-trained preachers traveled the country spreading the word. Shingaku was one of the cultural foundations for Japan's industrialization.The teaching is characteristic of Asian culture in its fusion of Confucian values with Buddhism and Japanese Shinto. This hand written and illustrated manuscript was done circa 1780. It is 6x9 inches, 47 manuscript text pages, with 21 drawings, sprinkled throughout. Some worm tunneling evident throughout. Overall very nice. Poor.

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