Korean Buddhism, history-condition-art : three lectures (1918)
Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933 · Boston : Marshall Jones Co. · leaf 72
g the entireBuddhist scriptures. The set of blocks isstill preserved in the ancient monastery ofHain-sa. They were made during thereign of King Kojong and are seven hun-dred years old. There are eighty-one thou-sand of these blocks and each of them printsan entire page of a Buddhist text.… … M <W wO o <WPi O HISTORY the Japanese government as NationalTreasure. (Plates XII, XIII.) The blocksare said to represent the work of monksthrough fifteen years and the set is reputedthe best in the world. Several years agoCount General Terauchi ordered severalcopies of the Tripitaka printed…
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