Pre-War History of Japanese Buddhism in the US

[History of the North American Hongwanji Mission] Hokubei kaikyo enkakushi

Terakawa, Hoko (editor)

Publication: San Francisco: Hongwanji Hokubei Kaikyo Honbu, 1936 (Showa 11). First Edition.

Notes: "A chronological history of the North American Hongwanji Mission. Provides a chronology of important events from 1898 to 1935, brief descriptive histories of each church under the mission, and outline of the Y.M.B.A. [Young Men's Buddhist Association] League of North America, and resolutions of ministerial conferences."—A Buried Past, 361.

"History of the Honpa Hongwanji Buddhist Churches in the United States and Canada."—Japanese American National Museum bibliography, 272.

"Best source on this most powerful religious faction, including a history of the church, sketches of each member church and its activities, with many pictures of Buddhist priests and lay leaders."—Magistretti, "A Bibliography of Historical Materials in the Japanese Language on the West Coast Japanese", III.2.

This history of Hongan-ji Buddhism in the United States was published to mark the 2500th anniversary of the birth of the Buddha and the 35th anniversary of the rite's founding in the US.

[4], 4, 3, [3], 9, [1], [14 leaves], [2], 4 (numbered 9–12), 588, [1] pages. The preliminary leaves are halftone photographs and reproductions of messages in Japanese. There are unnumbered monochrome halftones inserted throughout.

OCLC: 23019282, 68313129

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). There are spots of glassine adhered to the covers, perhaps indicating the one-time presence of a tissue jacket, else near fine in a very good paper slipcase.

Item No: #362051

Price: $750