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Hubert Durt i. general reference works and works on indian and tibetan buddhism
A. Dictionaries
1° Hayashima Kyôshô -^-l^tiïE (iêl^), Takasaki Jikidô jftl^ïËji; ($S) Bukkyô, Indo shisôjiten {AWc ' 4 V KSîli#^r (562 pp.) Tokyo, Shunjusha #ffcÉfc, 1987 9,300 Yen
This "Dictionary of Indian and Buddhist Thought" is compiled by a large number of scholars, all signing their own articles and almost all of them connected with Tokyo University. While the main body of the dictionary follows the order of the Japanese syllabary, it includes a detailed table of contents and an index, with numerous Sanskrit and Tibetan equivalents, to help the reader find his way among the approximately 350 entries. For Indian thought, the terms have been selected according to nine main topics; for Buddhist thought, according to eleven main topics. As in almost all Buddhist dictionaries published since World War II, the articles are "medium-sized." They generally include a few bibliographical references among which books in Western languages are not under-represented. The presentation of this dictionary has much in common with the handy middle-sized Buddhist bibliographical dictionary published by Shunjusha in 1966 and 1977 (Mizuno Kôgen tKH'HAtC et al., Butten kaidai jiten iLMMWi !$■%). It tries to be somewhat innovative toward the Japanese didactic tradition in the field.
2° Mori Shqji $=^:W] (f§) Bukky'o hiyu reiwa jiten {AifcitWUlSfi^ (620 pp.) Tokyo, Tôkyôdô ^Cg, 1987 9,500 Yen
This "Dictionary of Buddhist Allegories and Examples" also includes entries for Buddhist technical terms (in the Japanese syllabic order). Its main concern is less with the meaning (goi f5B0 of the 500 or so selected terms than with the metaphors (hiyu kb%) that have illustrated these doctrinal terms. The present work differs from the dictionaries of Buddhist allegories or proverbs compiled for Buddhist priests to use in their sermons (several of these "practical use" dictionaries have been published by Kokusho Kankôkai tHUfiJfj^ but are beyond the scope of this list of scholarly books; see Cahiers d'Extrême- Asie 3/1987: 197). Metaphors have been selected from 200 important canonical sutras and shastras translated into Chi- Cahiers d'Extrême- Asie 4 (1988): 205-216 206 Hubert Durt rtese. In an index, these metaphors are classified typologically into eleven groups: astronomy; geography; men and gods; botany; zoology; metals (and precious stones); instruments; architecture; food; medicine and the body; miscellanea. A twelfth category covers metaphors that have been used so often that they have become colloquial. Since this dictionary is based on the first 32 volumes of the Taishô Daizôkyô, almost all the metaphors are Indian in origin. It demonstrates the richness of Indian literary symbolism. Unfortunately, no reference is made to Buddhist texts in Indian languages, and the Sanskrit equivalents are given in only a few cases.
B. Indexes
3° Hirakawa Akira ^FJ[|# (£§) Indogaku Bukkyôgaku kenkyû sakuin ÉPBÏ^fAf^ff^u^'jI (560 pp.) {Index to the Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Vol. I-XXXII, 1952-1984) Tokyo, Sankibô \UnW, 1987 6,500 Yen The Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies plays a unique role in Japan. It is a "forum." The numerous contributions are generally very short, but the journal presents an immediate overview of almost all the directions of current research on Indian and Buddhist studies in all the universities and study centers of Japan. 4° Shuchiin Daigaku Mikkyô Gakkai hen U^ Mikkyô kankei bunken mokuroku ^W^Wi^h'XM^M. (485 pp.) Kyoto, Dôhôsha UM&, 1986 10,000 Yen Tantric studies have long been a "chasse gardée" of the Japanese. The present bibliography, which updates an earlier work by Natsume Yushin H @ fàW that was limited to scholarly articles, covers only Japanese publications, as is customary in Japan. There are almost ten thousand titles listed, from the Meiji Period through 1985. Among them, very judiciously, a few titles appear more than once, under different rubrics. This bibliography attempts to include books published outside of the usual Mikkyô publication arena. However, the few articles published in Western languages that have been included in this bibliography were all published under Mikkyô patronage. It is therefore unfortunate that users of this bibliography might never learn of several important Western-language works published in Japan. Some examples are: "Les deux grands Mandalas et la doctrine de l'ésotérisme Shingon" by Tajima Ryujun Hi^HM, Bulletin de la Maison Franco-Japonaise, Tôkyô, N.S. VI (1959); "The Amoghapasa- hrdayadhâranï," edited and translated by R.O. Meisezahl, Monumenta Nipponica, Tokyo, XVII, 1-4 (1962); and "Siddham and Its Study in Japan," by Nagao Gadjin ^HftÀ, Ada Asiatica, Tokyo, 21 (1971). When will this unfortunate provincialism, common to so many Japanese publications, end? Recent Japanese Publications 207 C. Text Editions and Translations
5° Fukuhara Ryôgon (ed.) Bompon £ôyaku Kanyaku Gokan ^^MMM^i'aM, Abidatsumakusharon gonju no kenkyû, Vol. II: Gyôbon, zuiminbon ffif&'MWtl^ik- m*m Useful as a Tibetan and Chinese synopsis of the Abhidharmakosa. Nagao Gadjin & Shôdaijôron, Wayaku to chukai, II %tfc$fetfc, fPlR t &M (632 pp.) Coll. Indokoten sôsho -i V K^^HH Tokyo, Kôdansha ifMt, 1987 6,800 Yen The second and final volume (Chapters 3 to 10) of a very accurate Japanese translation cum commentary of the "Somme du Grand Véhicule" of Asanga. Volume 1 (the first two chapters) was published in 1982. It is for Prof. Nagao the coronation of long and outstanding research on Vi- jnànavàda thought. The Tibetan text has been reproduced and is accompanied by a complete reconstruction of the Sanskrit Mahayànasamgraha made by Aramaki Noritoshi 7° Inagaki Hisao The Anantamukhanirhâra-dhârani Sutra and Jnânagarbha' s Commentary : A Study and the Tibetan Text (384 pp.) Kyoto, Nagata Bunshôdô, 1987 13,000 Yen This revision of a Ph.D. thesis submitted to the University of London in 1968 is the first part of an extremely detailed study. The English translation of the sutra and its tikâ are still to be published. The interest of this early Tantric (and early Amidist, in a Jâtaka of the fifteenth chapter) sutra resides in the numerous, complete and incomplete, versions in which it is extant: Sanskrit, Khotanese, Tibetan, nine Chinese translations (T. 1009, 1011-1018, best known in the latest version, Amoghavajra's Ch'u- sheng wu-pien-men t'o-lo-ni ching ]^^M^kf^WM.J^M) • This interest is greatly enhanced by a commentary written by the versatile Yogâcâra-Mâdhyamika author Jnânagarbha (8th century). This commentary was influential on Haribhadra's Abhisamayâlamkârâloka. Inagaki's study is a new step in the philological study of the complex and ancient sutras that mix exoteric and esoteric elements. D. Studies on History and Doctrines of Indian Buddhism 8° Yamazaki Genichi Kodai Indo shakai no kenkyû y Shakai no kozo to shômin, kasômin "é'f^'f V K 208 Hubert Durt , TJSK (488 pp.) Tokyo, Tôsui shobô ZJtK^M, 1987 12,000 Yen "Society in Ancient India: Social Structure and Middle and Lower Classes." An original and extensively documented study that relies partly on Buddhist sources, by a historian well known for his earlier remarkable work on the Asoka legend (Asoka-ô densetsu no kenkyU 7 \/ 3 M-%, Shunjûsha, 1979). Yasumoto Tom Hakase Rombunshû " Kû shishô to ronri SSltil (600 pp.) Tokyo, Sankibo, 1987 18,000 Yen Twenty-seven articles by the late Prof. Yasumoto of Hôsei ££l5c University. They are grouped into three sections: 1. Comparative philosophy and Indian logic; 2. Anàtman as a fundamental Buddhist concept; 3. Madhya- maka thought. 10° Kubo Tsugunari Hokkekyd Bosatsu shiso no kiso fë$k$èMMB1Ê The author of "The Fundamental Philosophy of the Lotus Sutra with respect to the Practices of the Bodhisattva" is a leader of one of the Japanese Neo-Buddhist movements, Reiyûkai. He presents here a Ph.D. thesis that is altogether an attentive and well-informed philological reading of several chapters of the Lotus Sutra. Although remaining firmly within the scholarly realm, the book nonetheless manages to convey that the main object of research, the praxis of the Bodhisattva, is of vital importance to the author. The summary of contents, detailed and written in good English, is a good introduction to an extremely complex sutra about which so much has been written, often with a sectarian bias. 11° Takemura Shôhô Inmyogahiy Kigen to hensen HBJ3^, M:MtWM (356 pp.) Kyoto, Hôzôkan fëj§Êtf, 1988 8,000 Yen Buddhist logicians in China and Japan. Edition of three manuscripts. 12° Ujike Kakushô Darani shisô no kenkyu KIIM/g^l^W^u (195 pp.) Osaka, Tôhô shuppan ^fjiiJK, 1987 2,800 Yen A supplement to Darani no sekai (see Cahiers d'Extrême- Asie 2/1986: 275, 22°). The three chapters of this book are: 1. From Buddha-anusmrti to dhâr- Recent Japanese Publications 209 ani; 2. Meanings of dhâranï; 3. From dhâraryi to mantra-dhâranï. This is a most welcome study. Because dhâranï have played such an important role in the Tantric tradition there is a tendency to forget that dhâranï can also have non-Tantric or pre-Tantric meanings, as Lamotte has shown in Traité de la grand vertu de sagesse IV: 1854-1869. 13° Maeda Egaku, éd. Gendai Sri Lanka no Jôza Bukkyô JSft-^ V 9 V ij Although Thai Buddhism has been the object of modern research in Japan (e.g., by Ishii Yoneo £j#3fc$ii)j contemporary Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka, so much studied in the West, is still an almost untouched field for Japanese scholarship. Maeda's work begins to rectify this neglect. E. Tibetan Studies 14° Ôtani Daigaku Shozô, Saizô zôgai bunken sosho Saizo gohyaku Daitô Saiikiki H^Ml^^cWS^iS (Tibetan text: 152 pp.; Chinese text: 81 pp.; explanation and synoptic tables: 25 pp.) Kyoto, Rinsen shoten BSJIIS0, 1988 18,000 Yen Reproduction of a 16th-century copy of the Tibetan translation of Hsuan- tsang's record of his travels in India. The Chinese text is also reproduced. F. Collective Volumes 15° Tôhô Gakkai M^J^^ (The Institute for Eastern Culture) Tôhôgaku ronshû yt&j^WiiM (Eastern Studies Fortieth Anniversary volume) (998 pp.) Tôkyô, Tôhô Gakkai, 1987 12,000 Yen The Tôhô Gakkai plays the role that "Oriental" or "Asiatic" Societies play in the West, with the difference that it excludes Japanology (which is "National Study" Kokugaku B^). Different from its more open bulletin, Tôhôgaku 'M.Jj'^, this anniversary volume groups mostly senior scholars, all of them Japanese writing in Japanese. As ever, Chinese studies are in the majority. Buddhist studies are represented by Takasaki Jikidô iSfiljâlS ("Opening Verses of the Mahâyânasraddhotpadasâstra") , Yuki Remon |g^ , Nagao Gadjin JftJHïlA) Nakamura Hajime ^Wtc, Tamaki Kôshirô EÉlS, Yamazaki Genichi Uji^Xi— , and Fukui Fumimasa Wi^r^Cffl- A few Japanese studies have been included, as they deal with "international" aspects of Japan's history and culture. 210 Hubert Durt 16° Maeda Sengaku, ed. Tôyô ni okeru ningenkan 'MWVZ-iàtf' %> ATe\W> (540 pp.) Tokyo daigaku shuppankai ^K^ftJfcê?, 1987 7,800 Yen A collection of studies under the aegis of Tokyo University, characterized by an approach, innovative in Japan, toward "anthropology" in the "Far East" (limited here to the Indian and Buddhist traditions). Four groups of topics: 1. Veda, juridical texts, Purâna, Sanskrit literature; 2. Indian philosophical systems, grammarians, Krishnamurti ; 3. Indian Buddhism; 4. Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. This collective work aims at an encyclopaedic scope. 17° Nihon Bukkyô Gakkai, éd. Bosatsukan fiHÈÉ (663 pp.) Kyoto, Heirakuji shoten ¥^3^0, 1986 9,600 Yen 18° Nihon Bukkyô Gakkai, éd. Bukkyô to shinshi {Ai&^Wift (551 pp.) Kyoto, Heirakuji shoten, 1987 7,600 Yen For the past several years; the venerable Nippon Buddhist Research Association has fixed a limited number of topics for its annual conferences, and the Heirakuji Publishing Company has published as a book what first appears as the Annual Bulletin {nempo ^$g, called "Journal") of the Association. The last two issues contained: 33 articles on the Bodhisattva doctrine from the Pâli Jâtakas to Japanese Buddhism; 31 articles on the mythology of the "gods" in Asian Buddhism (the majority of which deal with Japanese Buddhism and its relation to Shinto). These studies are of considerable interest. 19° Takasaki Jikidô Hakase kanreki kinen ronshû j^l!ittfi Indogaku Bukkyôgaku ronshû 4 v K&-|fc^in^S (870 pp.) Tokyo, Shunjûsha, 1987 20,000 Yen Fifteen Indological studies, four Tibetan studies and thirty-five Buddhist studies, which give a good idea of the current trends in Indian and Buddhist studies around Tokyo University. II. CHINESE BUDDHISM A. Series 20° Nagao Gadjin ^M3IA, Yanagida Seizan fPEBUlU, Kajiyama Yuichi %\i\M—, editors Recent Japanese Publications 211 Daijô Butten ~X^iU^; [Part 2] : China (15 volumes) and Japan (15 volumes) Tokyo, Chûô Kôron pf^^rfra, from 1987 each volume, 1,300 ~ 2,500 Yen The first part of this series (15 volumes, published ten years ago) covered Indian Buddhism and produced several complete new translations of the most important sutras and shastras of the Great Vehicle. The translations were based mostly on Sanskrit texts, but Tibetan and sometimes Chinese renditions were also used. This second part would seem to be a more ambitious undertaking, since the Chinese tradition is by far more voluminous than the Indian one. This large choice of materials has obliged most of the contributors to translate only extracts from important Chinese Buddhist texts. The Chinese part starts, rather strangely, with a volume on the Upadesa — Ta chih tu lun, annexed to Chinese Buddhism. It finishes with excerpts from Tsong kha pa, who is thus also incongruously subsumed by Chinese Buddhism. One volume is devoted to each of the main schools: Chinese Ma- dhyamaka; Pure Land; T'ien-t'ai; Tantrism; Hua-yen; Ch'an. In addition, a large part is devoted to Chinese Buddhist scholarship : bibliography {Seng yu fit $6); geography (Ta T'ang hsiyu chi ^JUffi^fB) ; biography (Kao seng chuan JifjfiflS), etc. There will also be two volumes on the documents discovered in Tun-huang. The translators, two-thirds of whom are members of the young generation now active in Kansai, face the challenge of matching the high level of scholarship established by their predecessors in the series on Indian Buddhism. The fifteen volumes on Japan will be discussed in a later issue of the Cahiers d'Extrême- Asie. B. Monographs 21° Hirai Shunei ¥#f꣣ Hokke Genron no chûshakuteki kenkyû ftlg:£iffiC>ÏÈ|^ËJ#F3u (513 pp. + 46 pp. index) Tokyo, Shunjusha, 1987 13,000 Yen In this continuation of his study on Chi-tsang irf Jit (see Cahiers d'Extrême- Asie 2/1986: 278, 34°), Prof. Hirai concentrates on another of Chi-tsang's works on the Lotus Sutra, T. 1 720, which was influential on the Lotus commentary attributed to Shôtoku Taishi WM'fc1?' {T. 2187) and on the Lotus commentaries by Kuei-chi H3E (T. 1723) and by Wôn-hyo tù% (T. 1725). 22° Satô Tatsugen iÈ.B^& Chûgoku Bukkyo ni okeru kairitsu no kenkyû tfiMil±1fk^'&kfZ>l$,W-cD1$ÎSî!L (606 PP-) Tokyo, Kijusha Tfclfft, 1986 12,000 Yen 212 Hubert Dur I A study in eighteen chapters on monastic discipline in Chinese Buddhism. The first three introductory articles, which refer to non-Buddhist sources, deal with the characteristics of the monastic lifestyle, originally alien to the Chinese tradition, but gradually affected by Chinese adaptations. Chapters 4-10 discuss Tao-hsûan jUjË, especially his Hsing shih ch'ao f5^W>, a magistral commentary on the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya and a much too neglected source of information on T'ang Buddhism. Chapters 11-14 are devoted to the Discipline texts that are Mahayanistic and remain outside the framework of Hïnayâna Vinaya : defenses (sila) of the Bodhisattva in the Togâcarabhûmi (Chapter 11); a few popular apocryphal sutras (Chapter 12) ; the "defense" doctrine of the foremost masters of the Sui-T'ang period (Chapter 13) ; and the Mahayanic (and apocryphal) Brahmajalâsùtra (Chapter 14). Having methodically laid this background, the author then turns to what seems to be his main interest: the dependence of the Ch'an monastic discipline on the works already cited. Sato extends his study to the Sôtô Zen school in Japan. Ch'an is known to be at the intersection of several currents of Chinese and Buddhist thought. The "pure regulations" {ching kuei î^f M) of Ch'an also originated from a long tradition of Chinese monastic discipline. 23° Ishii Shûdô Sôdai £enshûshi no kenkyû: Chûgoku Sôtôshu to Dôgenzen •t'HWM^ hMjtW (610 pp.) Tôkyô, Daitô shuppan ^itBJfc 1987 15,000 Yen An important work on the Ts'ao-tung If ?IrI sect, one of the two main currents of Ch'an during the Sung period. A critical study of the monumental Ch'an historical records of that period and an edition of 18 stone inscriptions from the same period. In covering later Ch'an, which was very influential on Japanese Zen and especially on Dôgen Mtu, Ishii's book continues the admirable work of clarification that Yanagida Seizan fPffliMUJ produced two decades ago on the history of early Ch'an {Shoki £enshûshi no kenkyû %JMWtk$. III. JAPANESE BUDDHISM A. Dictionaries 24° Dictionnaire historique du Japon, Fascicule XIII: Lettre K (3) (168 pp.) Tôkyô, Maison Franco-Japonaise, 1987 5,000 Yen Fascicle XIII includes, as usual, several entries related to Buddhism: temples (Kiyomizu dera ?b3Mf, Koyasan iHifli!, etc.); people (Konchii Suden &i$M£kfc> Kûkai 2?8&); books (Kôzen gokoku-ron g|$ijjgjjggi|) ; institutions (Kokubunji @I;&;^f, Komusô JÈiKf'i). Several notices, often Recent Japanese Publications 213 by Francois Berthier, are concerned with Buddhist art. 25° Kanaoka Shôyû et al. ékM Nihon Bukkyô tenseki daijiten 0 ^iLWL^^i\M-^ (724 pp.) Tokyo, Yûzankaku JilUSJ, 1986 28,000 Yen A "medium-sized" (cf. remarks in 1° above) bibliographical dictionary. Although it definitely does not replace the voluminous Bussho kaisetsu daijiten ^U^f&^j^J^ (11 volumes + one appendix- volume published before the war + two supplemental volumes published in 1975 and 1978), in the field of early Japanese Buddhist literature, it updates some of the information in that bibliographical monument. B. Collected Articles, Monographs, Translations 26° Ishimura Kiei fà1! Mhon kodai Bukkyô bunkashi ronkô 0 if-^^iLWcXit^M^ (458 pp. + 22 pp. index) Tokyo, Sankibô, 1987 18,000 Yen Collected studies, several concerning important and rarely treated subjects: the official temples (Jôgakuji /E^#), among them the Yakushiji Hi^Tf at the time of Emperor Temmu ^K in the northern province of Shimotsuke "TIP; the historical importance of the monk Dôshô M$B'> the ritual of cremation (kasô >KW), etc. 27° Shirai Yûko Kûkai densetsu no gyosei to Koyasan : JVyujô densetsu no gyôsei to Koyasan nôkotsu no hassei ^m^Uomm tMWlU— AJÊmmt®J&fàkM&\Um'ÏÏ It sometimes happens that a study on a limited but well-selected subject throws light on a broad and complex arena. Much is revealed about religiosity during the Japanese Middle Ages by this study on the Koyasan legend that Kôbô Daishi entered samâdhi instead of dying, and on the Japanese "Campo Santo" or "pantheon" that arose around the place where Kôbô Daishi is even now sitting in meditation. The relation with Maitreya worship and with the building of sutra-mounds, as well as many other of the most interesting aspects of Japanese religiosity are discussed in this meticulous study by one of the few Japanese women in Buddhist studies. By coincidence, her field of study is very close to some of the current research on other parts of the Buddhist world, e.g., Gregory Schopen's study on stupas in Indian Buddhism. 214 Hubert Durt 28° Kanai Kiyoaki JishU bungei to Ippen Hôgo $$MX%b— M&sB (560 pp.) Tokyo, Tokyo Bijutsu )fCsïll#J, 1987 18,000 Yen A lifework centered on Ippen (1239-1289), the founder of the Ji sect, and his place in the art and culture of the Japanese Middle Ages. Publication of new documents. 29° Dennis Hirota, translator No Abode: The Record of Ippen (251 pp.) Kyoto, Ryûkoku University Translation Center, 1986 1,500 Yen A beautiful translation. For the waka, it includes romanized transcription. Ippen, the vagrant monk, is one of the most attractive figures of medieval Japan. As the founder of the Ji # sect was not a prolific writer, it is possible to reach the gist of his message through this handy and nicely presented book, with good annotation and appendices. 30° Tanaka Hisao Bukkyô minzoku to sozensaishi {A^Kf&iffl^fe^ft (402 pp.) Kyoto, Nagata Bunshôdô, 1986 6,000 Yen A collection of articles published mostly in rather small magazines, such as the dynamic Mikage Shigaku Ronshu 'M^k$l^MÈi^k, of which Prof. Tanaka is the chief editor. Fortunately, these articles form a coherent study on several aspects of the influence of popular Buddhism on ancestor worship in Japan. The articles are divided into three sections : Jizô jfëH ; Kannon tiiif ; Buddhism and funerals. B. Collective Volume 31° Futaba Kenkô Hakase koki kinen Z^WMW ±^"#IBÉ: Nihon Bukkyô shi ronso 0 ifikWi^MsWi (778 pp.) Kyoto, Nagata Bunshôdô, 1986 18,000 Yen Like his colleague, Prof. Kimura Takeo ^fcj"|£;^ (see Cahiers d' 'Extrême- Asie 3/1987:215, 64°), Prof. Futaba is being honoured with a second Festschrift after the publication of his kanreki MUf Festschrift in 1980 (Bukkyô shigaku ronshû iU^C^^^mM, 620 pp., same publisher, 8,000 Yen). The historical studies on Buddhism and Japanese religion extend from the system of the ten masters (-f*®) in the mid-seventh century (by Hirano Futai ^ t° the persecution of Christians in Okinawa. Recent Japanese Publications 215 IV. BUDDHIST ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY 32° Tôhoku Daigaku shozô Kawaguchi Ekai shôrai Chibetto shiryd zusetsu )\\ R (The Collection of Kawaguchi Ekai) (392 pp.) Tokyo, Kôsei shuppansha fô^liiJKt, 1986 35,000 Yen A big album with color and black-and-white reproductions of Buddhist statues and paintings, covers of sutras, ritual objects and ethnographic artifacts brought from Tibet by the foremost Japanese explorer of the beginning of this century, Kawaguchi Ekai (1866-1945). Detailed explanations. 33° Katô Kei (photographs) tuMWc &M), Kobayashi Chôzen et al. (text) Mandara Renge— Archi Bukkyô Uchû ty/? WM — 7 A- ^-{Zxifc^ffi (208 pp.) Tokyo, Hirakawa shuppansha ^M&Mt, 1985 98,000 Yen A complete survey of the sculptures and mural paintings of the Archi Monastery in Ladakh. Important for iconography. 34° Hasumi Haruo éd. âÊJïfèJi (MÈ&), Sugiyama Kôzô (photographs) Mongoru no mandata *y ^ fr A publication supported by the Mongolian government. Plates 1-104 illustrate specimens of Buddhist art. Plates 105-192 illustrate popular and contemporary art. The book is centered on the development of the largely unknown "Zurag" national style of painting. 35° Bunkachô ~&ibfr Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan S3ti$%||[ Nihon no bijutsu B;£O§t#f Tokyo, Shibundô Ig^t^ each monthly issue, ca. 1,300 Yen The prestigious treasures of Japanese Buddhist sculpture, and especially the statues of Nara, are continuously subject to new approaches. It is somewhat unfortunate that in most cases the same masterpieces, promoted to the categories of "National Treasure" or "Important Cultural Property," appear over and over, sometimes classified chronologically (Asuka sculpture, Nara sculpture, etc.), sometimes classified by temple (treasures of the Hôryùji Si?=£, of the Tôshôdaiji JjÉrJgJlTr", etc.). Here, the excellent Nihon no Bijutsu series offers a classification according to the raw material (sozai H#) and technique used: gilt bronze, iron, sandalwood, dry-lacquer, clay: 216 Hubert Durt 251. Kondô butsu &MiL by Washitzuka Yoshiaki 252. Tetsu butsu $i{& by Sato Haruo 253. Danzô WM by Inoue Tadashi #_h]E 254. Kanshitsu butsu W&ik by Kuno Takeshi 255. Sozô fMM. by Nishikawa Kyôtarô 36° Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo kokurilsu hakubutsukan Zjihan mokuroku J&J^^MiLWtffoffèfêlWËM), Buddhist Paintings {^[Hit (134 + 14 pp.) Tokyo, Tokyo Bijutsu, 1987 4,800 Yen This catalogue treats only the Japanese (not Central Asian, Chinese or Korean) Buddhist paintings in the Tokyo National Museum. The black and white reproductions, very reduced, have the merit of ignoring the designations "National Treasure," "Important Cultural Property," etc., which exert a sterilizing influence on Japanese art publications. The 146 works, very summarily described in Japanese and in English, are largely unknown and iconographically interesting. Also useful is the integral reproduction of the fifteen rolls of the Zuzôshu HJItî^S of the early Edo Period. 37° Inoue Tadashi Kobutsu — Chôzô no ikonoroji ^iA — W>$.