■Size
Height: approx. 24cm, approx. 9.4inch
Width: approx. 10cm, approx. 3.9inch
Depth: approx. 7.8cm, approx. 3.0inch
Weight: approx. 1.5g
Material: copper alloy
Bronze finish
Overall condition is good, but there are some scuffs, scratches, and stains from age.
Please check the pictures for condition.
Please do not buy this book if you are looking for a brand-new quality or if you are extremely concerned about it.
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Kukai (774 [Hōkoku 5] - April 22, 835 [March 21, Jōwa 2]) was a monk of the early Heian period. Known posthumously as Kobo-Daishi, he was the founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism.
Together with Saicho, the founder of the Tendai sect of Buddhism in Japan, he was at the beginning of the shift in the mainstream of Japanese Buddhism from Nara Buddhism, as it is known today, to Heian Buddhism, and brought Shingon esoteric Buddhism from China. He is also known as a Noh calligrapher, and together with Emperor Saga and Tachibana Isei, is considered one of the three great calligraphers of the period.
Esoteric Buddhism was born and developed in the Mahayana school of Buddhism, which was a major trend of Buddhism in the northern part of Japan, and incorporated the influences of Hinduism and Zoroastrianism.
Kukai Kobo-Daishi, an erudite master who studied at a university in Kyoto and wrote a treatise on the comparative superiority of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism in his teens.
After being ordained at the age of 20, he traveled to Tang China and practiced Shingon Esoteric Buddhism, which is based on the teachings of Dainichi Nyorai, the principal deity of the Vajrayana and Tathagata realms as represented in the mandala.
After returning to Tang, he vigorously taught and established temples and universities to propagate the teachings, thus laying the foundation of the Shingon sect.
Kobodaishi 24cm Alloy [Buddha Statue] (Bronze)
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