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Ryusaku Tsunoda, Wm. Theodore De Bary, Donald Keene, comps.
Sources of Japanese Tradition.

Published 2 vols., New York: Columbia U.P., 25th impression (Vol. 1) & 20th impression (Vol. 2); two-volume edition originally issued 1964, from a larger edition published in 1958.
Series: Records of Civilization, Sources and Studies: Introduction to Oriental Civilizations; UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, Japanese Series.
ISBN 0231086040 (Vol. 1), 0231086059 (Vol. 2);
ISBN-13: 9780231086042 (Vol. 1), 0231086059 (Vol. 2).
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Size: 136×209×56mm.
Page count: xxiii,506pp inc. 2 maps (Vol. 1); xv,406pp inc. 1 map (Vol. 2).
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: the spines are not creased from reading.


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Weight without packaging: 1113g.

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Presents a comprehensive collection of Japanese texts in English translation. Volume 1 concentrates on selections from the earliest times through to the eighteenth century, showing the development of three major traditions: Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism; Volume 2 deals with the legacy of these traditions in modern times.

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