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Title 西域考古図譜
English Title Archaeological Research in Chinese Turkestan Album of the Excavated Objects
Description Catalogue of three-times Ōtani Expedition to Central Asia from 1902 to 1914. Consists of more than 690 items. Ōtani Expedition was lead and sent by Count Ōtani Kōzui, who was the twenty-second Abbot of the West Honganji Monastery of the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist sect in Kyoto, Japan. The aim of the expedition was to trace the eastward spread of Buddhism in Central Asia. In the fisrt expedition (1902-04), Count Ōtani Kōzui himself stepped into Central Asia from his way back to Japan from England. Ōtani sent Zuichō Tachibana and Eisaburō Nomura in the second expedition (1908-09), Zuichō Tachibana and Koichirō Yoshikawasent in the third expedition (1910-14). Great amount of the collections contained in this catalogue were flowed out afterward and possessed separately today in the Lushun Museum in China, the National Museum of Korea, the Library of Ryukoku University, the Tokyo National Museum and so on.
Year of Publication 1915
Location of Publication Japan / Tokyo
Volume Information 2 Volumes
ISO639-1 Japanese
ISO639-3 jpn
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Title 西域考古図譜
English Title Archaeological Research in Chinese Turkestan Album of the Excavated Objects
Volume vol.1
Author M. Kagawa
Description Vol.1. Paintings, sculptures, fabrics, coins, miscellaneous items, Indian sculptures and so on.
Year of Publication 1915
Measurements (cm) 46x36
Title 西域考古図譜
English Title Archaeological Research in Chinese Turkestan Album of the Excavated Objects
Volume vol.2
Author M. Kagawa
Description Vol.2. Text materials such a as Buddhist sūtras, manuscripts, historic records, Confucius scriptures, woodenprinted books.
Year of Publication 1915
Measurements (cm) 46x36