Formal Name: Kusoshi-genkai
Feature: Japanese Woodblock Print Book, Buddhism
Author: 蘇東坡（Su Dongpo）
Publisher: Unknown
Year of publication: Probably 1830-1880
Contents: 134p of which 18p are illustrations.
Size: 26.3 ×18.9 cm（10.4 ×7.4 inch）
Condition: The cover has tears and peeling, and there are some stains on the top edge of the text block.
About this book,
In Buddhism, there is a spiritual practice called “Kusokan,” in which one contemplates the decaying of a corpse to sever attachment to this world. In China and the Western Regions, illustrations and poems depicting corpses were developed; these later spread to Japan, leading to the creation of numerous paintings, picture scrolls, and poems. From the 17th century onward, several books related to “Kusokan” were published. This book provides annotations to the poem “Kusoshi” by Su Dongpo, a poet of China’s Song Dynasty, and illustrates the philosophy of “Kusokan” through illustrations. Although the colophon states it was published in 1694, this edition likely dates from around the mid-19th century.
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