Recently I purchased a few Japanese printing blocks from Petrie-Rogers Gallery. One of them is an original block of a Japanese commentary on the Tang dynasty monk Zongmi's 宗密 work
Inquiry into the Origin of Human Being,
Yuanrenlun 原人論 (
Genninron). It was titled
Uyoku genninron 標科羽翼原人論 , commentated by Entsū 円通(1754-1834), a scholar monk from San'enzan Esho Vinaya Monastery 三緣山惠照律院 and subcommented by Machimoto Tonkū 町元吞空, a scholar monk from Kachōzan University 華頂山大學. It was published in Kyōto by a publisher named Nagata Bunshōdō 永田文昌堂 in Meiji 20 [1887]. The full version of the printout can be found in many libraries and the full text has been digitized by Japanese Diet Library: http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/818864
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| Printing block of Uyoku genninron |
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| Back of Uyoku genninron |
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| Title Page |
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| Back of Uyoku genninron |
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| Last page of printout. |
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