Title: Scenes of Ancient Nara Author: Irie, Taikichi Place: Osaka, Japan Publisher: Hoikusha Date: 1970 Description: 242, 10 pp. Illustrated throughout from color photographs. Text in English and Japanese. (Folio), full green silk cloth over boards, orange Japanese characters on spine. Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city's historic monuments – Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace – provide a vivid picture of life in the Japanese capital in the 8th century, a period of profound political and cultural change. Scarce volume of striking color images. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear to binding with a bit of fading to spine; near fine. Item number: 292791
Title: Scenes of Ancient Nara Author: Irie, Taikichi Place: Osaka, Japan Publisher: Hoikusha Date: 1970 Description: 242, 10 pp. Illustrated throughout from color photographs. Text in English and Japanese. (Folio), full green silk cloth over boards, orange Japanese characters on spine. Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese culture. The city's historic monuments – Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and the excavated remains of the great Imperial Palace – provide a vivid picture of life in the Japanese capital in the 8th century, a period of profound political and cultural change. Scarce volume of striking color images. Lot Amendments Condition: Some light wear to binding with a bit of fading to spine; near fine. Item number: 292791
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