[Japanese Americana]. Kyogoku, Itsuzo

Akarui Bukkyo: Amerika yori Nihon Bukkyoto ni [Brilliant Buddhism: From American to Japanese Buddhists]

Fresno, CA, but printed in Japan: Maha Maya Society, 1954. [2],[8],265,[1]pp., plus photographic frontispiece portrait. Original tan boards stamped in silver, original printed dust jacket. Minor wear. Very good. Item #5941

A scarce biography of a Japanese-American priest, the title of which roughly translates to "Brilliant Buddhism: From American to Japanese Buddhists." Kyogoku was a Shin priest working within the Japanese American community in California. He spent the war years in the Topaz internment camp.  OCLC records a little over a dozen copies.

Price: $450.00